An official website of the United States government

Here's how you know

Official websites use .mil

A .mil website belongs to an official U.S. Department of Defense organization in the United States.

Secure .mil websites use HTTPS

A lock () or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .mil website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Sort By

Category

Show Advanced Options

Clear Filters |

Eight Indo-Pacific Nations Gather for Experiment

Air Defenders from Eight Indo-Pacific Nations Gather for Experiment.

Details Download

221201-F-WN543-1007

A 9th Mission Support Command patch is worn by U.S. Army Maj. Caleb Dexter, 9th MSC strategic planner, while preparing for Yama Sakura 83 at Camp Asaka, Japan, Dec. 1, 2022. Since its inception in 1982, Yama Sakura has focused on the development and refinement of joint force lethality between the U.S. Army and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. JaNae Jensen)

Details Download

7th Fleet Cruiser Conducts Freedom of Navigation Operation in South China Sea

Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) conducts routine underway operations in the South China Sea, Nov. 29. Chancellorsville is forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.

Details Download

Trilateral Co-Op tour held at Yokota Air Base

Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, Australian Army, and U.S. military participate in a trilateral Cooperative -Work Program (Co-Op) tour at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 17, 2022. The tour is designed to improve trilateral relations, enhance English comprehensive skills and increase JGSDF officers’ and noncommissioned officers’ understanding of the U.S. Forces in Japan mission.

Details Download

F-35s land at Kunsan for Vigilant Storm 23

U.S. Marine Corps F-35 Lightning IIs from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242, out of Iwakuni, Japan, park at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Oct. 31, 2022. The aircraft traveled to Kunsan as a part of the Pacific Air Forces command sponsored VIGILANT STORM 23 exercise. VIGILANT STORM integrates U.S. and ROK forces to train on mutual support procedures, further improving understanding and trust between the two nations.

Details Download

Indo-Pacific Exercise Offers Effective Deterrence

Mara E. Karlin, assistant secretary of defense for strategy, plans and capabilities, speaks, joins a panel discussion on “Landpower and Integrated Deterrence in the Indo-Pacific” during the Association of the United States Army’s annual meeting at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C, Oct. 11, 2022.

Details Download

CMF #3:

Landpower and Integrated Deterrence in the Indo-Pacific

Details Download

Joint Region Marianas Commander Reaffirms Guam’s Vital Role in the Defense of the Indo-Pacific Region

Joint Region Marianas Commander Rear Adm. Benjamin Nicholson receives a comment from Chief Justice Sir Gibuma Gibbs Salika of Papua New Guinea during the Biennial Pacific Judicial Council Meeting in Tumon, Sept. 20. Nicholson discussed overarching impacts of the law in defense operations and potential challenges to security in the Indo-Pacific.

Details Download

Fiji partners with U.S. Indo-Pacific Command for Fiji’s first-ever Women, Peace and Security National Action Plan

Fane Lomani, an coordinator with FemLINK Pacific, addresses Fijian government and civil society organization stakeholders at the Fiji Women, Peace and Security National Action Plan Orientation Workshop in Suva, Fiji, Sept. 20, 2022. Facilitated by U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, the workshop consisted of Fijian government and civil society organization representatives who lead the development of a Fiji WPS National Action Plan guided by UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 principles and gender perspective.

Details Download

Soldiers compete for title of best squad in the Theater Army of the Indo-Pacific

The U.S. Army Pacific Command team, commander Gen. Charles Flynn, and the Senior Enlisted Advisor, Command Sgt. Maj. Scott Brzak, stand with (from left to right) Staff Sgt. Angel Dinsmore, Sgt. Justin Pitts, Spc. Alexander Ralph Holmes, Spc. Logan Michael Dornon, and Spc. Jonathan Renfro as they receive their awards for being the squad that recently won the 2022 USARPAC Best Squad Competition on Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, August 29, 2022. The squad was a five-soldier team from 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, and they competed against Army teams from across the Pacific region. These five Soldiers are scheduled to compete for the 2022 Department of Defense Best Squad Competition in the coming months.

Details Download

Third Multi-Domain Task Force activated for Indo-Pacific duty

Gen. Charles A. Flynn, U.S. Army Pacific commanding general, gives remarks at the 3rd Multi-Domain Task Force activation ceremony Sept. 23, 2022, on Historic Palm Circle at Fort Shafter, Hawaii. The activation of a MDTF is part of a long standing plan to increase Multi-Domain Operations capabilities in the Indo-Pacific region and is not related to any current events.

Details Download

U.S. Army Japan Commanding General visits Northern Army; builds relationships to increase interoperability

The Commanding General of U.S. Army Japan, J.B. Vowell (center), meets with Northern Army Commanding General Lt. Gen. Yoshihiko Okimura (center-left) at the Japan Ground Self Defense Force Northern Army headquarters on Camp Sapporo, Japan on August 23 to enhance security cooperation and discuss methods of improving interoperability.

Details Download

U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command Conducts Maintenance in India

India’s Vice Chief of Naval Staff Vice Adm. S.N. Ghormade welcomes the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10) to L&T Shipyard in Kattupalli, near Chennai, India, Aug. 7, 2022 where the ship will conduct scheduled maintenance. As part of Military Sealift Command’s Combat Logistics Force (CLF), Charles Drew enables U.S. Navy ships to remain at sea and combat ready for extended periods of time. In addition, CLF ships, like Charles Drew, also resupply international partners and allies operating in the Indo-Pacific Region. Under Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet and routinely interacts and operates with 35 maritime nations in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific Region.

Details Download

U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command Conducts Maintenance in India

India’s Vice Chief of Naval Staff Vice Adm. S.N. Ghormade welcomes the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10) to L&T Shipyard in Kattupalli, near Chennai, India, Aug. 7, 2022 where the ship will conduct scheduled maintenance. As part of Military Sealift Command’s Combat Logistics Force (CLF), Charles Drew enables U.S. Navy ships to remain at sea and combat ready for extended periods of time. In addition, CLF ships, like Charles Drew, also resupply international partners and allies operating in the Indo-Pacific Region. Under Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet and routinely interacts and operates with 35 maritime nations in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific Region

Details Download

50 Years After Z-Gram 116: USS Frank Cable Women Leaders Host Indian Women’s College Students

Lt. Kelly Chung, the legal officer aboard the Emory S. Land-class submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40), speaks with students from St. Joseph’s College for Women during a tour of the ship while moored in Visakhapatnam, India, Aug. 2, 2022. Frank Cable is currently on patrol conducting expeditionary maintenance and logistics in the 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.

Details Download

Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro

Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro to visit Thailand July 23-25, 2022.

Details Download

USS Ronald Reagan Visits Singapore

The U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), pulls in to Changi Naval Base, Singapore for a scheduled port visit. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, and supports alliances, partnerships and collective maritime interests in the Indo-Pacific region.

Details Download

VP-8 Hosts U.S. Ambassador to Palau

Sailors assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 8’s Palau detachment team pose for a photo with he Honorable Mr. John Hennessey-Niland, U.S. Ambassador to Palau, following a static display of a P-8A Poseidon aircraft and week-long detachment in Pala, Jul. 10. VP-8 is currently deployed to NAF Misawa, Japan conducting maritime patrol and reconnaissance and theater outreach operations within U.S. 7th Fleet (C7F) area of operations in support of Commander, Task Force 72, C7F, and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command objectives throughout the region.

Details Download

Air Mobility Command Aligns Strategic Priorities with Counterparts in Pacific Theater

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.

Details Download

USS Spruance Commemorates Namesake's Role in Battle of Midway's 80th Anniversary

Sailors aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) salute the ensign during the National Anthem while two EA-18G Growlers, assigned to the “Wizards” of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 133, conduct a fly-by during a ceremony held in reverence of the Battle of Midway. Abraham Lincoln Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability through alliances and partnerships while serving as a ready-response force in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

Details Download