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Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, hosts an Honors ceremony for U.S. Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan, welcoming him to the USINDOPACOM headquarters at Camp H.M. Smith, Honolulu on April 25, 2025. Phelan received a briefing from INDOPACOM leaders on critical operational and logistical challenges experienced 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. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Austin Riel)