Photos

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBORHICKAM

Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command is greeted by Capt. Andres Gallegos,commanding officer, Chilean Navy tall ship Esmeralda, during his visit to the ship at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, May 20, 2025. The Esmeralda is set to conduct port visits in multiple countries during their six month deployment. USINDOPACOM is committed to enhancing stability in the Indo-Pacific region by promoting security cooperation, encouraging peaceful development, responding to contingencies, deterring aggression and, when necessary, prevailing in conflict. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Shannon M. Smith) Share

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBORHICKAM

Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, visits the Chilean tall ship Esmeralda at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, May 20, 2025. The ship has a crew of over 320 sailors, with many of them being recent graduates of Chile’s naval academy who learn about navigation and seamanship during their deployment. USINDOPACOM is committed to enhancing stability in the Indo-Pacific region by promoting security cooperation, encouraging peaceful development, responding to contingencies, deterring aggression and, when necessary, prevailing in conflict. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Shannon M. Smith) Share

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBORHICKAM

Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command is greeted by Capt. Andres Gallegos,commanding officer, Chilean Navy tall ship Esmeralda, during his visit to the ship at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, May 20, 2025. The Esmeralda is set to conduct port visits in multiple countries during their six month deployment. USINDOPACOM is committed to enhancing stability in the Indo-Pacific region by promoting security cooperation, encouraging peaceful development, responding to contingencies, deterring aggression and, when necessary, prevailing in conflict. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Shannon M. Smith) Share

VILLANOVA, Pa.

Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and Villanova alum, addressed the 2025 graduating class in a commencement speech at Villanova University, May 16, 2025. Returning to his alma mater, Paparo spoke to the graduates on how the virtues learned at Villanova impacted a life and career of service. Share

HONOLULU, Hawaii

Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, speaks during the opening remarks at the Association of the United States Army’s 2025 Land Forces Pacific (LANPAC) Symposium & Exposition in Honolulu on May 13, 2025. LANPAC 25 includes participation from more than thirty nations collaborating on the role of land forces necessary to prevail as a Joint Force in the Indo-Pacific. USINDOPACOM is committed to enhancing stability in the Indo-Pacific region by promoting security cooperation, encouraging peaceful development, responding to contingencies, deterring aggression and, when necessary, prevailing in conflict. Share

HONOLULU, Hawaii

Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, speaks during the opening remarks at the Association of the United States Army’s 2025 Land Forces Pacific (LANPAC) Symposium & Exposition in Honolulu on May 13, 2025. LANPAC 25 includes participation from more than thirty nations collaborating on the role of land forces necessary to prevail as a Joint Force in the Indo-Pacific. USINDOPACOM is committed to enhancing stability in the Indo-Pacific region by promoting security cooperation, encouraging peaceful development, responding to contingencies, deterring aggression and, when necessary, prevailing in conflict. Share

HONOLULU, Hawaii

Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, speaks during the opening remarks at the Association of the United States Army’s 2025 Land Forces Pacific (LANPAC) Symposium & Exposition in Honolulu on May 13, 2025. LANPAC 25 includes participation from more than thirty nations collaborating on the role of land forces necessary to prevail as a Joint Force in the Indo-Pacific. USINDOPACOM is committed to enhancing stability in the Indo-Pacific region by promoting security cooperation, encouraging peaceful development, responding to contingencies, deterring aggression and, when necessary, prevailing in conflict. Share

HONOLULU, Hawaii

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd, deputy commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, speaks with retired Australian Defence Force Brigadier Ian Langford, executive director of Security and Defence PLuS, during the Indo-Pacific Security Forum in Honolulu, May 12, 2025. USINDOPACOM is committed to enhancing stability in the Indo-Pacific region by promoting security cooperation, encouraging peaceful development, responding to contingencies, deterring aggression and, when necessary, prevailing in conflict. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John Bellino) (Photo has been enhanced due to low-light environment.) Share

HONOLULU, Hawaii

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd, deputy commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, speaks with retired Australian Defence Force Brigadier Ian Langford, executive director of Security and Defence PLuS, during the Indo-Pacific Security Forum in Honolulu, May 12, 2025. USINDOPACOM is committed to enhancing stability in the Indo-Pacific region by promoting security cooperation, encouraging peaceful development, responding to contingencies, deterring aggression and, when necessary, prevailing in conflict. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John Bellino) (Photo has been enhanced due to low-light environment.) Share

HONOLULU, Hawaii

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd, deputy commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, speaks with retired Australian Defence Force Brigadier Ian Langford, executive director of Security and Defence PLuS, during the Indo-Pacific Security Forum in Honolulu, May 12, 2025. USINDOPACOM is committed to enhancing stability in the Indo-Pacific region by promoting security cooperation, encouraging peaceful development, responding to contingencies, deterring aggression and, when necessary, prevailing in conflict. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John Bellino) (Photo has been enhanced due to low-light environment.) Share

HONOLULU, Hawaii

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Joel Carey, chief of staff for U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, joins the National Defense University Capstone 25-3 Fellows for a group photo at the USINDPACOM headquarters on Camp H.M. Smith in Honolulu, May 9, 2025. USINDOPACOM is committed to enhancing stability in the Indo-Pacific region by promoting security cooperation, encouraging peaceful development, responding to contingencies, deterring aggression and, when necessary, prevailing in content. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John Bellino) Share

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea

U.S. Navy Capt. Peter Roberts, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Command Surgeon, Papua New Guinea Defence Force Lt. Col Peter Kaminiel, PNGDF Director General, and Royal Australian Air Force Air Commodore Nicole dos Santos, RAAF Director General Operational Health and Air Force Health Service, sign the Terms of Reference at the Indo-Pacific health security alliance in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, May 8, 2025. IPHSA aims to foster partnerships, counter harmful influences and enhance readiness, contributing to stability, prosperity and a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Austin Riel) Share

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBORHICKAM, Hawaii

Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Airmen from the 8th Intelligence Squadron deliver food, cleaning supplies, and toiletries to the Farrington Complex Schools collection point April 27, 2020, in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Airmen collected 588 pounds of food, 120 pounds of toiletries, and $700 in donations that will go toward creating 1,000 care packages for Farrington Complex Schools families. Share

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBORHICKAM, Hawaii

U.S. Navy Sailors and U.S. Air Force Airmen deliver meals from the Hale Aina Dining Facility to newly arrived personnel placed on restriction of movement on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, April 16, 2020. Volunteers with the COVID-19 Support Team distributed meals and essentials to ROM military personnel in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Share

JOINT BASE PEARLHARBOR, Hawaii

U.S. Army Capt. Scott Nguyen, Tripler Army Medical Center General Surgery resident physician, assists U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jacklyn Smith, TAMC medical warehouse non-commissioned officer in charge, with adjusting her face shield at TAMC, Hawaii, April 3, 2020. Due to a shortage of disposable masks, the 15th Wing is using 3D printers to make face shields to donate across the island to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Share

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBORHICKAM, Hawaii

Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., Pacific Air Forces commander, discusses resiliency initiatives with commanders, command chiefs and directors from across the command as part of the virtual spring commander’s conference. Leaders gathered through a number of communication platforms, for a China Symposium, Operational Plan table top exercise and resiliency discussion April 13 and 15, 2020. Share

JOINT BASE PEARLHARBOR, Hawaii

Staff Sgt. Adam Taylor, 15th Medical Operations Squadron mental health technician, with Maj. Tracy Golliday-Corley, 15th MDOS clinical social worker, standby ready to continue assisting Airmen, just in a mostly virtual way due to the COVID-19 pandemic at the 15th Medical Group Mental Health Clinic at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, April 10, 2020. The Mental Health Clinic provides Airmen with tools to overcome mental health challenges. Share

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBORHICKAM, Hawaii

Airmen from the 735th Air Mobility Squadron prepare materials for face masks in response to COVID-19 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The Airmen hosted a food drive, but their desire to do more resulted in creating face masks in response to the shortage of medical supplies due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Share

FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii

The U S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District team conducted five site assessments at various locations on the island of Hawaii for potential conversion to alternate care facilities in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Honolulu District is assisting the state and FEMA’s efforts with initial facility assessments at Hawaii locations. Share

HONOLULU, Hawaii

Airman 1st Class Jolene Chun loads the equipment for screening of Soldiers and Airmen on State Active Duty (SAD), March 30, 2020, Honolulu, Hawaii. Soldiers and Airman who volunteered to assist with the COVID-19 response are screened every morning by the HING CERF-P medical team to ensure everyone is healthy. Share

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBORHICKAM, Hawaii

A batch of face shields made by U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Bob McCormick, U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Gerczak operations chief, who found a way to continue serving his community while practicing social distancing. McCormick donated about 100 face shields to healthcare professionals throughout the state of Hawaii. Share

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBORHICKAM, Hawaii

U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Bob McCormick, U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Gerczak operations chief, creates face shields for medical professionals in Hawaii, while practicing social distancing. According to the Center for Disease Control, face shields help prevent large-particle droplets, splashes, sprays or splatter that may contain germs from reaching the mouth and nose of the person wearing the shield. Share

PENTAGON, Virginia

A common hypersonic glide body (C-HGB) launches from Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii, at approximately 10:30 p.m. local time, March 19, 2020, during a Department of Defense flight experiment. The U.S. Navy and U.S. Army jointly executed the launch of the C-HGB, which flew at hypersonic speed to a designated impact point. Concurrently, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) monitored and gathered tracking data from the flight experiment that will inform its ongoing development of systems designed to defend against adversary hypersonic weapons. Information gathered from this and future experiments will further inform DOD's hypersonic technology development. The department is working in collaboration with industry and academia to field hypersonic warfighting capabilities in the early- to mid-2020s. Share

HONOLULU, Hawaii

A Coast Guard Sector Honolulu pollution expert responds to the grounded sailing vessel Prelude off Kaimana Beach, Oahu, Hawaii, Feb. 12, 2020. Coast Guard and state responders continued to monitor the situation for environmental and public safety impacts during the salvage operations. Share