Latest "Pacific Command" stories

US signs new security pact with Papua New Guinea offsets China

U.S. officials said the agreement will help improve security cooperation, enhance Papua New Guinea’s defense capacity and increase regional stability.

8 days ago

The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) is moored pier side at Naval Base Guam May 15, 2020.

INDOPACOM head wants Aegis Ashore in Guam by 2026

The missile defense capability would form the "backbone" of Adm. Phil Davidson's highest priority: a new defense system around the American territory.

By Aaron Mehta

3 years ago

Why China still encourages contacts with the US military despite exclusion from major naval exercise

China’s Defense Ministry on Thursday said it hoped for continued exchanges with the American military despite being disinvited from a major U.S.-sponsored naval exercise this summer.

5 years ago

What happens to all the US Pacific Command logos now that it has a new name?

Mattis announced the name change on Wednesday.

By Tara Copp, Associated Press

5 years ago

Indo-PACOM? Pentagon may rename US Pacific Command

Renaming U.S. PACOM could "better characterize" its role.

By Tara Copp, Associated Press

5 years ago

US Air Force to deploy CV-22 tiltrotor aircraft to Japan early

The early arrival of the CV-22s in the Pacific Command area of responsibility addresses "regional security concerns in line with the recently released 2018 National Defense Strategy," according to the Air Force.

5 years ago