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Source: United States INDO PACIFIC COMMAND
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, visited Malaysia on May 28-
29, 2025, where he met with senior military and government officials, underscoring Malaysia’s importance to the U.S. as a
partner and the U.S. commitment to Malaysia and the region.
Source: United States INDO PACIFIC COMMAND
KADENA AIR BASE, Japan — U.S. Air Force Gen. Kevin Schneider, commander of Pacific Air Forces, immersed himself in Kadena Air Base’s vital mission sets May 21-23, 2025, experiencing firsthand the installation’s importance as the Keystone of the Pacific.
Source: United States INDO PACIFIC COMMAND
Seven Furman University graduates, who were members of the Reserve Officer Training Corps Paladin Battalion, were commissioned as second lieutenants in the United States Army, National Guard or Army Reserves in a McAlister Auditorium ceremony May 9, the day before the cadets’ graduation.
Source: United States INDO PACIFIC COMMAND
KATHMANDU, Nepal — That 7.8 magnitude earthquake, on April 25, 2015, was recorded as the most devastating in Nepal’s history. Killing almost 9,000 people, injuring tens of thousands, and destroying hundreds of thousands of buildings. The earthquake spanned 120 kilometers long and 80 kilometers wide, leaving much of the country in ruins.
Shortly thereafter, the U.S. responded to Nepal’s request for assistance. Joint Task Force 505 was formed, employing the skillsets of 900 service members from the U.S. Armed Forces.
Source: United States SOUTHERN COMMAND
CENTAM Guardian 2025, an annual exercise co-sponsored by U.S. Southern Command and Guatemala’s Ministry of Defense, neared its conclusion with a culminating event held May 22 at Mariscal Zavala military base here. Attended by Navy Adm. Alvin Holsey, the commander of U.S. Southern Command; Gen. Hermelindo Choz Soc, Guatemala’s chief of national defense; and other senior leaders, the culminating event demonstrated the capacities developed by exercise participants as they responded – with Guatemala in the lead – to a notional security crisis compounded by a notional natural disaster.
Source: United States INDO PACIFIC COMMAND
JAPAN — U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 374th Airlift Wing came together for a wing run and open ranks inspection at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 22, to honor fallen service members before Memorial Day Weekend. The events were also conducted as part of a wing-wide initiative aimed at strengthening discipline and maintaining readiness while reinforcing dress and appearance standards.
Source: United States INDO PACIFIC COMMAND
TOKYO, Japan — Gen. Xavier T. Brunson, commander of United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command and United States Forces Korea, met with Gen. Ken-ichiro Nagumo, commander of the Japanese Joint Operations Command, May 20, during a visit to Japan to discuss trilateral defense cooperation.
Source: United States INDO PACIFIC COMMAND
SULU SEA — The Armed Forces of the Philippines, the Philippine Coast Guard, and the United States Coast Guard (USCG), demonstrating a collective commitment to strengthen regional and international cooperation in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific, conducted a bilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity (MCA) within the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone, May 20.
Source: United States INDO PACIFIC COMMAND
PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines — U.S. Marines from 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D) 25.3 Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF), Australian Army Soldiers with the 5th/7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5/7 RAR), Australian Defence Force (ADF), and Philippine Marines from the 3rd Marine Brigade, Philippine Marine Corps (PMC), executed a high-tempo, trilateral simulated airfield insertion during a maritime key terrain security operation (MKTSO) for Exercise Balikatan 25, May 4, 2025.
Source: United States INDO PACIFIC COMMAND
HONOLULU, Hawaii — U.S. Army Gen. Ronald Clark, commanding general of U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC), met with Maj. Gen. Rose King, chief of Army of New Zealand, during the 2025 Land Forces Pacific Symposium and Exposition (LANPAC), Honolulu, Hawaii, May 15, 2025.