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DARWIN, Australia

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Stephen Sklenka, the deputy commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, and Brig. Gen. Joseph Clearfield, the deputy commander of Marine Corps Forces Pacific, stand alongside Australian 1st Brigade commanding officer Brigadier Nick Foxall at Robertson Barracks, Darwin, NT, Australia, Aug. 25, 2022. The deputy commanders visited Marines and Sailors with Marine Rotational Force-Darwin 22 and members of the Australian Defence Force in Darwin to reinforce the powerful U.S.-Australian Alliance. Share

CAPM H.M. SMITH, Hawaii

Chief of Staff, United States Indo-Pacific Command, Major General Joshua M. Rudd Share

U.S. Embassy in New Zealand

U.S. Embassy in New Zealand - U.S. Admiral Aquilino Visits New Zealand. Share

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill.

Gen. Michael Minihan, commander of Air Mobility Command, delivers remarks during a meeting at U.S. Indo-Pacific Command headquarters. AMC leaders met with USINDOPACOM as well as their Pacific Air Forces counterparts to present a road map for readying Mobility Air Forces for Agile Combat Employment in the Indo-Pacific theater. Share

CMAP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii

Visit to Australia by Commander Indo-Pacific Command, Admiral John C. Aquilino Share

UTQIAGVIK, Alaska

The 611th Air Communications Squadron Mission Defense Team visited the a Long Range Radar Site to perform cybersecurity measures at Utqiagvik, Alaska, Feb. 15, 2022. The 611th ACOMS visited the LRRS to validate the integrity of the data being received from the site. Share

PHILIPPINE SEA

PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 22, 2020) Cpl. Clayton A. Phillips, a network administrator with Marine Air Control Group 18 Detachment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and a native of Beech Bluff, Tennessee, tests the connectivity of the Networking On-the-Move Airborne (NOTM-A) communications system during flight operations from the amphibious assault ship, USS America (LHA 6). The NOTM-A provides the mission commander the ability to command and control forces on the ground while flying above the battlefield. America, flagship of Expeditionary Strike Group 7, along with the 31st MEU, is operating in the 7th fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brienna Tuck) Share

Stuttgart, Germany

USEUCOM, USINDOPACOM Commanders Highlight U.S. Cross-theater Equities at Pacific Future Forum Share

WASHINGTON, D.C.

An Army combat engineer from Breacher Company, 6th Brigade Engineer Battalion (Airborne), 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, jumps from a CH-47 Chinook during helocast training at Clunie Lake, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 17, 2021. The combat engineers conducted the helocast operations to build confidence and familiarize themselves with training they will encounter during their upcoming Sapper Leadership Course. Army aviators from the 2nd Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, Alaska Army National Guard, provided air support for the training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alejandro Peña) Share

CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii

Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacom Command, Adm. John Aquilino, speaks at the Chiefs of Defense Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii Share

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan

A U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagle flies over Kadena Air Base, Japan, during Pacific Iron, July 26, 2021. Pacific Iron is a U.S. Pacific Air Forces dynamic force employment operation to project forces into the USINDOPACOM’s area of responsibility in support of the 2018 National Defense Strategy which called on the military to be a more lethal, adaptive, and resilient force. Share

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBORHICKAM, Hawaii

U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting, left, Space Operations Command commander, U.S. Air Force Maj. Brandon Hammond, Detachment 3, 21st Space Operations Squadron commander, and U.S. Space Force Col. James Smith, Peterson-Schriever Garrison commander, unveil the new sign after the installation’s renaming ceremony, June 16, 2021, at Ka’ena Point Space Force Station, Hawaii. Ka’ena Point was renamed to reflect its role in the Space Force, supporting more than 185 satellites performing mission operations around the globe and is the first of several garrison installations planning to do the same. Share

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Brigadier General Michael L. Smith Share

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PHILIPPINES (April 24, 2025) — U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Tyler T. Hallman, a native of Maryland and a low altitude air gunner with 3d Littoral Anti-Air Battalion, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, conducts a weapons maintenance check on the Marine Air Defense Integrated System during the Integrated Air and Missile Defense event as a part of Exercise Balikatan 25, at Naval Station Leovigildo Gantioqui, Philippines, April 24, 2025. The IAMD event consisted of dry- and live-fire demonstrations of counter-unmanned aerial systems, to include the U.S. Marine Corps’ MADIS, the U.S. Army’s AN/TWQ-1 Avenger, and the Philippine Air Force’s Surface-to-Air Python and Derby - Medium Range. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen our ironclad alliance, improve our capable combined force, and demonstrate our commitment to regional security and stability. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen our ironclad alliance, improve our capable combined force, and demonstrate our commitment to regional security and stability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Iyer P. Ramakrishna) Share

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NORTHERN TERRITORY, Australia (April 29, 2025) — U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 25.3 board a MV-22B Osprey during on-off drills from Royal Australian Air Force Base Darwin to Robertson Barracks, Darwin, Australia, April 29, 2025. This drill ensures rapid and effective loading and unloading of military personnel aboard a MV-22B Osprey. MRF-D 25.3 is part of an annual six-month rotational deployment to enhance interoperability with the Australian Defence Force and Allies and partners and provide a forward-postured crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Brian A. Stippey) Share

NAVAL STATION LEOVIGILDO GANTIOQUI, Philippines

U.S. Marines with 3d Littoral Anti-Air Battalion, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, prepare Marine Air Defense Integrated Systems for the Integrated Air Missile Defense training during Exercise Balikatan 25, at Naval Station Leovigildo Gantioqui, Philippines, April 25, 2025. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen our ironclad alliance, improve our capable combined force, and demonstrate our commitment to regional security and stability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Mitchell Johnson) Share

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PHILIPPINES (April 24, 2025) — U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Tyler T. Hallman, a native of Maryland and a low altitude air gunner with 3d Littoral Anti-Air Battalion, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, conducts a weapons maintenance check on the Marine Air Defense Integrated System during the Integrated Air and Missile Defense event as a part of Exercise Balikatan 25, at Naval Station Leovigildo Gantioqui, Philippines, April 24, 2025. The IAMD event consisted of dry- and live-fire demonstrations of counter-unmanned aerial systems, to include the U.S. Marine Corps’ MADIS, the U.S. Army’s AN/TWQ-1 Avenger, and the Philippine Air Force’s Surface-to-Air Python and Derby - Medium Range. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen our ironclad alliance, improve our capable combined force, and demonstrate our commitment to regional security and stability. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen our ironclad alliance, improve our capable combined force, and demonstrate our commitment to regional security and stability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Iyer P. Ramakrishna) Share

NOUMEA, New Caledonia

Soldiers from the 322nd Civil Affairs Brigade’s functional specialty team pose for a photo on April 24, 2025 at Tontouta Air Base. The unit is part of the crisis response team for Exercise Croix du Sud 2025 and they completed the tour alongside Australian and Fijian military and civilian partners. The visit, about 50 kilometers northwest of Noumea, focused on sharing capabilities, strengthening interoperability and building partnerships. Croix du Sud is the 11th iteration of a 14-day biennial joint/multilateral field training exercise organized and led by the FANC, focusing on disaster relief, crisis events, and enhancing partnership and interoperability between the United States and the militaries of Oceania countries with approximately 2,000 participants and using 13 aircraft and five ships from 18 countries. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Kyler Hood) Share

NOUMEA, New Caledonia

Soldiers from the 322nd Civil Affairs Brigade’s functional specialty team, part of the crisis response team for Exercise Croix du Sud 2025, toured Tontouta Air Base on April 24, 2025, alongside Australian and Fijian military and civilian partners. The visit, about 50 kilometers northwest of Noumea, focused on sharing capabilities, strengthening interoperability and building partnerships. In the photo, a pilot from the New Caledonian Air Force explains the capabilities of a CASA helicopter. Croix du Sud is the 11th iteration of a 14-day biennial joint/multilateral field training exercise organized and led by the FANC, focusing on disaster relief, crisis events, and enhancing partnership and interoperability between the United States and the militaries of Oceania countries with approximately 2,000 participants and using 13 aircraft and five ships from 18 countries. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Kyler Hood) Share

NOUMEA, New Caledonia

Maj. Andrew Burnett, a member of the 322nd Civil Affairs Brigade’s functional specialty team with expertise in international law who is part of the crisis response team for Exercise Croix du Sud 2025, toured Tontouta Air Base on April 24, 2025 alongside Australian and Fijian military and civilian partners. The visit, about 50 kilometers northwest of Noumea, focused on sharing capabilities, strengthening interoperability and building partnerships. In the photo, Burnett listens to a pilot from the New Caledonian Air Force as he describes the capabilities of a CASA helicopter. Croix du Sud is the 11th iteration of a 14-day biennial joint/multilateral field training exercise organized and led by the FANC, focusing on disaster relief, crisis events, and enhancing partnership and interoperability between the United States and the militaries of Oceania countries with approximately 2,000 participants and using 13 aircraft and five ships from 18 countries. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Kyler Hood) Share

Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone

U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force aircraft, off frame, integrate with the Philippine Navy Jose Rizal-class guided-missile destroyer BRP Antonio Luna (FF151), right, and the Royal Australian Navy Hobart-class guided-missile destroyer HMAS Sydney (DDG 42), center, to conduct a multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity within the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone, April 29, 2025. This MCA built upon previous iterations and featured a series of integrated operations aimed at improving tactical coordination and combined operational capabilities among the three nations. U.S. Indo-Pacific Command 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. (Courtesy photo from the Philippines) Share

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Lance Okamura, U.S. Army Pacific - Homeland Affairs, deputy commanding general, and Brig. Gen. Larry Opa, deputy commander of the Papua New Guinea Defense Force, gives a speech during the closing ceremony of Tamiok Strike 2025 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, April 25, 2025. Tamiok Strike 25 is a bilateral training exercise designed to improve interoperability and readiness between Papua New Guinea Defence Forces and U.S. Forces, and to enhance partner capacity in response to conventional and potential natural disasters throughout the Indo-Pacific region. Share

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Lance Okamura, U.S. Army Pacific - Homeland Affairs, deputy commanding general, and Brig. Gen. Larry Opa, deputy commander of the Papua New Guinea Defense Force, gives a speech during the closing ceremony of Tamiok Strike 2025 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, April 25, 2025. Tamiok Strike 25 is a bilateral training exercise designed to improve interoperability and readiness between Papua New Guinea Defence Forces and U.S. Forces, and to enhance partner capacity in response to conventional and potential natural disasters throughout the Indo-Pacific region. Share