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260310-O-EX056-5550

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command J7 (Training and Exercise) Director, Brig. Gen. Richard Goodman (center) and Andrew Merz, J7 Director of Staff, speak with a participant at the Pacific Operation Science & Technology Conference in Waikiki, March 10, 2026, following a breakout session on multi-domain training experimentation. The J7 Joint Training and Exercises Directorate plans and executes USINDOPACOM's Joint Exercise Program, Joint Training Plan, Joint Force Development and Design, and integrates the Pacific Multi-Domain Training and Experimentation Capability and the Joint Warfighting Concept to increase the lethality of joint, combined, and coalition warfighters. J7 persistently trains and rehearses across all domains with allies and partners to respond to emerging crises, defend the homeland, deter strategic attack, counter aggression, and protect U.S. interests throughout the Indo-Pacific. (USINDOPACOM photo by Eleanor Prohaska)

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Pushing Each Other to the Limit: Hawaii Guardsmen Battle for Best Warrior Honors

WAIMANALO, Hawaii (March 6, 2026) — U.S. Army Spc. Danton D. Dacquel, an allied trades specialist assigned to Bravo Company, 29th Brigade Support Battalion, 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Hawaii Army National Guard (HIARNG), participates in the foot march event during the HIARNG Best Warrior Competition in Waimanalo, Hawaii, March 6, 2026. Top-performing Soldiers and noncommissioned officers from this event will advance to represent Hawaii at the Region VII Best Warrior Competition in New Mexico this spring. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. John Schoebel)

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F-35 Refueling Operations over the Pacific

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan (Sept. 26, 2025) — A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 4th Fighter Squadron flies over the Pacific Ocean during a refueling mission in preparation of Exercise Bushido Guardian 2025 near Misawa Air Base, Japan, Sept. 26, 2025. Such operations demonstrate the United States’ commitment to the U.S.–Japan Alliance and the modernization required to deter evolving threats in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Patrick Boyle)

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Freedom Edge 25

A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 355th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, takes off in support of Freedom Edge 25 at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Sept. 16, 2025. Freedom Edge demonstrates the trilateral defense cooperation’s ability to achieve peace through strength on the Korean Peninsula and in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jamal Berry II)

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Freedom Edge 25

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan (Sept. 16, 2025) — A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 355th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, departs after receiving fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 909th Air Refueling Squadron, during Freedom Edge 25 over the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 16, 2025. Freedom Edge demonstrates the trilateral defense cooperation’s ability to achieve peace through strength on the Korean Peninsula and in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Gary Hilton)

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Freedom Edge 25

U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, Japan Air Self-Defense Force, and Republic of Korea Armed Forces aircraft fly in formation during Freedom Edge 25 over the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 16, 2025. The United States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea executed the third iteration of exercise Freedom Edge, demonstrating a new era of trilateral cooperation to ensure peace and stability in the Korean Peninsula and the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Gary Hilton)

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Freedom Edge 25

A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 909th Aerial Refueling Squadron takes off in support of Freedom Edge 25 at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Sept. 16, 2025. The United States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea executed the third iteration of exercise Freedom Edge, demonstrating a new era of trilateral cooperation to ensure peace and stability in the Korean Peninsula and the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jamal Berry II)

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2ID and ROK Army Conduct Combined Wet Gap Crossing Training for UFS25

GYEONGGIDO [KYONGGI-DO], South Korea (Aug. 27, 2025) — U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 11th Engineer Battalion, 2d Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade, 2d Infantry Division/ROK-U.S. Combined Division pull security on a bridge erecting boat during combined wet gap crossing training as part of Ulchi Freedom Shield near Yeoju, South Korea, Aug 27, 2025. Ulchi Freedom Shield is an annual combined exercise conducted in support of the ROK-U.S. Mutual Defense Treaty signed in 1953. This combined exercise program highlights the ironclad commitment between the two nations to maintain a robust combined defense posture and to defend the people of the ROK from any threat. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Cheyenne Mayer)

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250827-A-BU933-1130

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Charles Lombardo, commanding general of the 2d Infantry Division/ROK-U.S. Combined Division shakes hands with a Republic of Korea soldier assigned to the ROK 312th Wet Gap Battalion, ROK 7th Engineer Brigade, during combined wet gap crossing training as part of Ulchi Freedom Shield near Yeoju, South Korea, Aug 27, 2025. Ulchi Freedom Shield is an annual combined exercise conducted in support of the ROK-U.S. Mutual Defense Treaty signed in 1953. This combined exercise program highlights the ironclad commitment between the two nations to maintain a robust combined defense posture and to defend the people of the ROK from any threat. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Cheyenne Mayer)

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Khaan Quest kicks off with an opening ceremony

FIVE HILLS TRAINING AREA, MONGOLIA (June 14, 2025) — U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 11th Military Police Brigade, 200th Military Police Command, march during the opening ceramony for Khaan Quest 2025, on June 14, 2025, at Five Hills Training Area, Mongolia. Khaan Quest is an annual, multinational and multicomponent training exercise led by the Mongolia Armed Forces designed to promote regional peace and security. (U.S. Army photo by Staff. Sgt. Tristan Moore)

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U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 11th Military Police Brigade, 200th Military Police Command, watch the Armed Forces of Mongolia service members assigned to the Military Band of the General Staff play music during the opening ceramony for Khaan Quest 2025, on June 14, 2025, at Five Hills Training Area, Mongolia. Khaan Quest is an annual, multinational and multicomponent training exercise led by the Mongolia Armed Forces designed to promote regional peace and security. (U.S. Army photo by Staff. Sgt. Tristan Moore)

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250614-A-PR546-3783

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Joel “JB” B. Vowell, Deputy Commanding General of United States Army Pacific, forth from the right, and Mongolian Armed Forces Maj. Gen. S. Ganbyamba, center, the chief of general staff of the Armed Forces, fifth from the right, poses with multinational service members and distinguished officials, during Khaan Quest 2025, on June 14, 2025, at Five Hills Training Area, Mongolia. Khaan Quest is an annual, multinational and multicomponent training exercise led by the Mongolia Armed Forces designed to promote regional peace and security. (U.S. Army photo by Staff. Sgt. Tristan Moore)

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250614-A-PR546-7227

Armed Forces of Mongolia service members assigned to the Military Band of the General Staff play music during the opening ceremony of Khaan Quest 2025 on June 14, 2025, at Five Hills Training Area, Mongolia. Khaan Quest is an annual, multinational and multicomponent training exercise led by the Mongolia Armed Forces designed to promote regional peace and security. (U.S. Army photo by Staff. Sgt. Tristan Moore)

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USS America conducts flight ops in Philippine Sea

PHILIPPINE SEA (May 22, 2025) — Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Lauren Bryan, from Victorville, California, right, and Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) Airman, JuanDiego Navarro, left, from Puerto Rico, both assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), direct a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter, from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Air Combat Element (ACE) to take off from the flight deck while conducting flight operations in the Philippine Sea, May 22. The America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication 3rd Class Kenneth Melseth)

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Russell Postmus, right, 647th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler assigned to Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, responds to a simulated noise complaint during a Pacific Air Forces Advanced Combat Skills Assessment K9 competition at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, May 20, 2025. The annual competition challenges military working dog teams across PACAF in agility, patrol and detection, and combat events. (U.S. Air Force photos by Staff Sgt. Jasmine M. Barnes)

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KAMANDAG 9: 3d LCT conducts high explosive battle drills

COLONEL ERNESTO RABINA AIR BASE, Philippines (May 26, 2025) — U.S. Marines with 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, engage targets during a high explosive in support of Exercise KAMANDAG 9 at Colonel Ernesto Rabina Air Base, Philippines, May 22, 2025. During the high explosive battle drill, the Marines employed the M3E1 Multi-Role Anti-Armor Anti-Personnel Weapon System, the Anti-Tank 4 Weapon System, the M72 Light Anti-Tank Weapon System and the M2 .50 caliber machine gun. KAMANDAG is an annual Philippine Marine Corps and U.S. Marine Corps-led exercise aimed at enhancing the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ defense and humanitarian capabilities by providing valuable training in combined operations with foreign militaries in the advancement of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Iyer Ramakrishna)

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250522-F-CX880-1098

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kevin Santos, 673rd Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler assigned to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, gives a ready signal to participate in a simulated stress fire event during a Pacific Air Forces Advanced Combat Skills Assessment K9 competition at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, May 22, 2025. Contestants from Republic of Korea, Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, and Japan, to include Japan Air Self-Defense Force, competed for four days to take the crown for PACAF’s best military working dog team. (U.S. Air Force photos by Staff Sgt. Jasmine M. Barnes)

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250425-N-VH877-9350

VP-8s Aircraft 432 is launches with a salute from the team. 432 was heading on a MDA mission for 7th fleet. These missions provide updates to the 7th fleet operating area.

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Aircraft 432 emerges from the low visibility after its return from a mission flight.

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AE2 Wolfe observes the launching of aircraft 432 on a wet and misty day.

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