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Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone

U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 85), the Philippine Navy Jose Rizal-class guided-missile frigate BRP Jose Rizal (FF 150), and the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force Mogami-class frigate JS NOSHIRO (FFM 3), along with a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft and Philippine King Air C-90 aircraft conducted a multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity (MCA) within the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone, March 28, 2023. (Courtesy photo) Share

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is piped aboard at the U.S. Pacific Fleet boathouse in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, March 24, 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) Share

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka

Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, participates in an honors ceremony during a visit to Colombo, Sri Lanka, March 21, 2025. The trip reaffirmed the partnership between the U.S. and Sri Lanka, which has contributed to regional security through military cooperation founded on robust people-to-people ties for more than 75 years. 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

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka

Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (center), and Ambassador Julie Chung, U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka (left), tour Sri Lanka Navy Ship (SLNS) Vijayabahu, a former U.S. Coast Guard cutter donated to Sri Lanka, during a visit to Colombo, Sri Lanka, March 21, 2025. The trip reaffirmed the partnership between the U.S. and Sri Lanka, which has contributed to regional security through military cooperation founded on robust people-to-people ties for more than 75 years. 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

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka

Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Ambassador Julie Chung, U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Vice Adm. Kanchana Banagoda, commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, take a group photo aboard Sri Lanka Navy Ship (SLNS) Vijayabahu, a former U.S. Coast Guard cutter donated to Sri Lanka, during a visit to Colombo, Sri Lanka, March 21, 2025. The trip reaffirmed the partnership between the U.S. and Sri Lanka, which has contributed to regional security through military cooperation founded on robust people-to-people ties for more than 75 years. 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

NEW DELHI

Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, speaks on Raisina Dialogue panel, “Deepwater Perils: Securing Trade Through Red Zones,” alongside senior military leaders from Australia, India, Japan and the Philippines, March 19, 2025. Raisina Dialogue is India’s leading conference on geopolitics, security, and economics. 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) Share

NEW DELHI

Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, speaks at a U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum event in New Delhi, March 17, 2025. Paparo visited New Delhi to meet with regional partners and to discuss collaborative approaches to security challenges at the Raisina Dialogue. 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) Share

NEW DELHI

Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, joins personnel assigned to the U.S. Embassy New Delhi for a group photo outside the U.S. Embassy New Delhi, March 17, 2025. Paparo visited New Delhi to discuss collaborative approaches to security challenges at the Raisina Dialogue. 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) Share

PACIFIC OCEAN

Multinational ships sail in formation July 22, off the coast of Hawaii during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024. Twenty-nine nations, 40 surface ships, three submarines, 14 national land forces, more than 150 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC in and around the Hawaiian Islands, June 27 to Aug. 1. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2024 is the 29th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John Bellino) Share

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OKINAWA, Japan (March 6, 2025) — U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Taiyo Tatara, left, a communication strategy and operations officer with 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3rd MLG), and Cpl. Ekwili Ekpo, right, a food service specialist with Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3rd MLG, traverse through water during a Basic Jungle Skills Course at Jungle Warfare Training Center, Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, March. 7, 2025. Tatara is a native of Japan. Ekpo is a native of Texas. The course is designed to sharpen the Marines' ability to operate effectively in harsh, unfamiliar terrain, preparing them to confront adversaries in any environment, ensuring they remain agile and combat-ready in the face of evolving threats. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Weston Brown) Share

HONOLULU, Hawaii

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Pacific Multi-Domain Training and Experimentation team hosts panel at 2025 Pacific Operational Science and Technology Conference in Honolulu, March 4, 2025. POST brought the Indo-Pacific’s foremost science, technology, and security experts together to better understand operational challenges in the region. 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

Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, is greeted by Suzanne Vares-Lum, director of the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in Honolulu, March 5, 2025. CSC is a five-week course attended by mid-level military, government and non-government professionals from the Indo-Pacific region to enhance security collaboration and strategic dialogue. 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

OKINAWA, Japan

An F-35B Lightning II with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, conducts an aerial refuel while transiting the Pacific Northwest from Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 9, 2017, its final destination being MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, to join 1st Marine Aircraft Wing. VMFA-121, originally an F/A-18 squadron, was redesignated as the Marine Corps’ first F-35 squadron in 2012. Share

CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan

Cpl. Hector R. Marquez, a food service specialist, with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, participates in the Jungle Warfare Training Center endurance course at, Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 27, 2017. JWTC exposes Marines to training situations and environments unique to the Indo-Asia-Pacific region which sustain operational readiness and enhance forward deployed capabilities. As the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward deployed unit, the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s air-ground-logistics team provides a flexible force, ready to perform a wide range of military operations, from limited combat to humanitarian assistance operations, throughout the Indo-Asia- Pacific region. Share

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor from the 90th Fighter Squadron lands at Kadena Air Base, Japan, while F-15 Eagles from the 67th Fighter Squadron taxi on the flightline Feb. 7, 2017. The F-22 Raptors stopped at Kadena AB before traveling on to Royal Australian Air Force Base, Tindal. As allies, the U.S. and Australia have agreed to more frequent movements of aircraft across the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Share

Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan

Marines from various units within Okinawa prepare for their turn to fire the table two portion of the annual rifle range qualification, Jan. 12, 2017, at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan. The Marine Corps revised table two of the marksmanship program October 2016 to increase marksmanship skill and realism in a combat environment. The Corps requires Marines to annually qualify at the range to determine their marksmanship skill. Share

OKINAWA, Japan

Four U.S. Marines receive Navy Achievement Medals during a battalion formation Jan. 9, 2017, aboard Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, for their instinctive response when a vehicle with five passengers fell from the fifth story of a parking garage in Yokosuka, a city in the Greater Tokyo Area, Dec. 31, 2016. Once the Marines arrived on scene, the group flipped the car in order to remove the passengers prior to Japanese Emergency Medical Services arriving. The Marines are riflemen assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment and forward-deployed to 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, based in Okinawa, Japan. U.S. Marines pictured left to right: Lance Cpl. Manaure Arellano, Lance Cpl. James Flores, Lance Cpl. Raheem Gilliam and Pfc. Jacob Boerner. Share

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan

U.S. Air Force Airmen tie down and secure munitions to pallets during a Tactical Ammunition Rapid Response Package exercise Dec. 6, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The TARRP exercise simulates how the squadron would rapidly prepare munition packages for transport downrange in times of war. Share

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION FUTENMA, OKINAWA, Japan

Takaatsu Sueyoshi, right, instructs students on Japanese pronunciation during a Survival Japanese Language Class Nov. 29 on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan. The class taught students basic speech, reading and writing skills to enrich their experience while stationed on Okinawa. During the class, the instructor demonstrated the three basic writing styles called hiragana, katakana and kanji. After the demonstration, participants practiced reading, writing and speaking basic Japanese words and phrases. Sueyoshi is a library technician and the instructor of the Survival Japanese Language class. Share

OKINAWA, Japan

Marines from 3d Reconnaissance Battalion, 3d Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, carry a rubber inflatable raft into the water to begin the "boating" station on Camp Schwab, Okinawa during their annual Warrior Challenge, Nov. 25, 2016. This event honors fallen Marines in the battalion and consists of nine stations to challenge the Marines mentally and physically. Share

SASEBO, Nagasaki, Japan

Sgt. Andrew Sturgress, a MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft crew chief assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, walks past Mr. Norio Tomonaga, the Mayor of Sasebo, and the Assemblymen of Defense for Sasebo City during take-off preparation from Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan, Nov. 18, 2016. The aircraft flew from the island of Okinawa, conducted simulated humanitarian aid with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) at multiple locations and was refueled by JMSDF personnel before returning to Okinawa. Sturgess is a native of Sidney, Illinois. Share

TORII STATION, Okinawa, Japan

The 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group is unique, in that it is one of two forward deployed battalions in the Special Forces' inventory. Their portfolio is as diverse and challenging as one would expect of Special Operations in the Pacific. For the enablers, this means being at the top of their game as the Green Berets they support serve far beyond the tip of the spear. Share

KADENA AIR BASE, JAPAN, OKINAWA, JAPAN

U.S. Air Force Col. Robert Grainger, 18th Civil Engineer Group commander, speaks during the Society of American Military Engineers Japan Post symposium Nov. 7, 2016, in Okinawa, Japan. The Society of American Military Engineers is an organization dedicated to bringing engineers, both military and local citizens, together for mutual learning. Share

Camp Smith, Hi

An MC-130H Combat Talon II from the 1st Special Operations Squadron refuels an HH-60 Pave Hawk from the 943rd Rescue Group during Exercise Keen Sword 17 Nov. 7, 2016, near Okinawa, Japan. U.S. forces will conduct training with their Japan Self-Defense Force counterparts at military installations throughout mainland Japan, Okinawa and in the waters surrounding Japan. Share