31 March 2025 Salaknib 2025 Enhances Allied Precision, Prepares Forces for Future Operations FORT MAGSAYSAY, Philippines — Soldiers from the Philippine Army Artillery Regiment and the U.S. Army’s 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment, conducted joint artillery training on the “Big Three” verification method and the M2A2 aiming circle in preparation for Salaknib 2025 at Fort...
31 March 2025 77 FS ‘Gamblers’ make their first appearance at Cope Tiger 25 THAILAND — The U.S. Air Force 77th Fighter Squadron ‘Gamblers’ have flown countless missions supporting numerous conflicts and exercises around the world for 107 years, making them one of the most storied flying units still operating. Today, they’re bringing that knowledge and lethality to the...
31 March 2025 MRF-SEA Marines and S'pore Guards Conclude Valiant Mark 25, Conquer SAFTI City Training Facility SINGAPORE — The 27th iteration of Exercise Valiant Mark came to a close on March 26, 2025, as U.S. Marines and Sailors with Marine Rotational Force-Southeast Asia, I Marine Expeditionary Force, and Singapore Guardsmen with 3rd Battalion Singapore Guards, 7th Singapore Infantry Brigade, culminated...
31 March 2025 Philippine, US Army Soldiers conduct sling load training FORT MAGSAYSAY, Philippines — Soldiers of the Philippines Army 5th and 7th Infantry Division and U.S. Army Soldiers of the 25th Infantry Division participated in a subject matter expert exchange (SMEE) on bundle drop and sling load operations training during Salaknib 25 at Fort Magsaysay,...
31 March 2025 U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command and Japan launch First Bilateral Space Effort TANEGASHIMA SPACE CENTER, Kagoshima — A U.S. space domain awareness payload hosted on Japan's Quasi-Zenith Satellite 6 (QZS-6) successfully launched on a Japanese H-3 launch vehicle from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Tanegashima Space Center (TNSC)...
30 March 2025 USINDOPACOM Service Members Continue to Assist Thai Search and Rescue Efforts BANGKOK — U.S. Indo-Pacific Command military personnel continue to work alongside Thai military and first responders near the collapsed State Audit Office building in Bangkok, which fell after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake affected Thailand and its neighbor countries on March 28, 2025...
30 March 2025 U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Service Members Assist with Thai Search and Rescue Efforts BANGKOK — U.S. Military personnel from U.S. Indo-Pacific Command meet with first responders at the Search and Rescue Operations Center near the collapsed State Audit Office building in Bangkok, which fell after a 7.7 earthquake affected Thailand and its neighbor countries on March 28, 2025...
28 March 2025 President of the Republic of Palau visits Hawaii CAMP SMITH, Hawaii — Navy Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, welcomed President of the Republic of Palau Surangel Whipps Jr. to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Headquarters for the U.S.-Palau Joint Committee Meeting at Camp H.M. Smith, March 27-28. ...
28 March 2025 USINDOPACOM and Vietnam Veterans of America co-host Vietnam Veterans Day Ceremony HONOLULU, Hawaii — U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, along with Vietnam Veterans of America, Oahu Chapter 858, co-host a Vietnam War Veterans Day ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, March 28, 2025...
28 March 2025 Japan, Philippines and United States Conduct Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity The Armed Forces of the Philippines, the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force and the United States Navy, demonstrating a collective commitment to strengthen regional and international cooperation in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific, conducted a multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity (MCA)...