Indo Pacific

200916-N-ML137-1019 PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 16, 2020) Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Danilo Altamirano, from Miami, makes a denture mold in the dental office of the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS More

Force Reconnaissance Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s (MEU) Maritime Raid Force clear a stairway during a close-quarters tactics range on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, May 20, 2020. The 31st MEU More

200124-N-JM114-1903 DILI, Timor-Leste (Jan. 24, 2020) Builder 3rd Class Sierra Hall, deployed with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5’s Detail Timor-Leste, uses a magnesium float to spread wet concret More

A Force Reconnaissance Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s (MEU) Maritime Raid Force fast ropes into a close-quarters tactics exercise on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, May 21, 2020. The 31st MEU, th More

A Force Reconnaissance Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Maritime Raid Force carries a simulated casualty during a stress shoot as part of a close-quarters tactics range on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, More

A Force Reconnaissance Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Maritime Raid Force provides rear security during a bottom-up house clearing exercise as part of a close-quarters tactics range on Camp Ha More

191115-N-CD254-1842 DILI, Timor-Leste (Nov. 15, 2019) Builder Constructionman Scott Stahl, deployed with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5’s Detail Timor-Leste, hammers a grade beam form for a scienc More

200221-N-XK887-1896 DIEGO GARCIA, British Indian Ocean Territory (Feb. 21, 2020) Builder Constructionman Benjamin Weinreich, from Mora, Minnesota, deployed with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5’s De More

A Force Reconnaissance Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Maritime Raid Force carries ammo cans during a stress shoot as part of a close-quarters tactics range on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, May 14, 202 More

A Force Reconnaissance Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Maritime Raid Force grabs ammunition prior to a modified qualification as part of a close-quarters tactics range on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, More

200625-N-PV215-1055 PHILIPPINE SEA (June 25, 2020) – Sailors work out in the hangar bay of the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier St More

PHILIPPINE SEA (April 15, 2020) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Marcus Carter with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), a native of Houston, Texas, gives a Marine with the 31st MEU a More

SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 16, 2020) An F-35B Lightning II fighter aircraft with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), prepares to land on the flight deck of More

SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 21, 2020) Rear Adm. Fred Kacher, commander of Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 7, speaks to S-1 Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) aboard amphibious assault ship USS Am More

MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fly during a combat mission rehearsal aboard amphibious assault ship USS Amer More

Airman 1st Class Jannette Juarez, 36th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aircraft armament systems specialist, works in a 69th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron B-52 Stratofortress on Andersen Air Force Bas More

Sgt. Jacob Kurzrock and Lance Cpl. Isaac Cliff, both with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Response Element, stand for a photo after an acclimatization hike du More

Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a foreign object detection walk on the runway as part of exercise Cobra Gold 2020, Utapao, Kingdom of Thai More

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and U.S. Soldiers with the 25th Infantry Division conduct a noncombatant evacuation rehearsal as part of exercise Cobra Gold 2020 More

Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear defense specialists with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct a demonstration of Marine Corps standards and protocols for scrubbing and screening for CBRN threa More

U.S. Marine Chief Warrant Officer Samuel Curry, officer in charge of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear response element with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit speaks with Royal Thai sailors and Ma More

Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit play volleyball with students of Matthayom Pharatchatan Na Yao High school during a community relations event as part of exercise Cobra Gold 2020, Matthayom Phara More

Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense specialists with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct a notional casualty extraction during a biological decontamination demonstration with Royal Th More

Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense specialists with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit scrub and screen a simulated CBRN casualty during a rehearsal with Royal Thai sailors and Marines as pa More

190113-N-WK982-1080 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Jan. 13, 2018) The crew of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85) sends visual communication with flashing light to the Type 23 ‘Duke’ Clas More

Ichikawa Keiichi, newly appointed director-general of North American Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foregin Affairs, poses for a photo with Lt. Gen. Stacey Clardy, the III Marine Expeditionary Force commanding gen More

DARWIN, Australia – U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Robert Kernaghan, mortar man, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Marine Rotational Force Darwin (MRF-D), poses for a portrait during patrol train More

MOUNT BUNDEY TRAINING AREA, Australia -- U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Gavin Turner, machine gunner, Company K, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Marine Rotational Force Darwin, sets up an M240B More

DARWIN, Australia – U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force Darwin and Australian Defence Force service members stand in formation during a memorial ceremony honoring the service of U.S. and Australian forces More

MOUNT BUNDEY TRAININIG AREA, Australia -- U.S. Marines Cpl. Sean Pierson, (top left), Cpl. Blake Adire, (bottom left), Sgt. Reid O'Hala, (top right), and Lance Cpl. Daryl Thomas with Company K 3rd Battalion, 4t More

AUSTRALIAN ARMY BASE ROBORTSON BARRACKS, Australia – U.S. Army and Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers pose for a photo with indigenous Australians performers after a Welcome to Country ceremony on May More

Japan Self Defense Force Maj. Gen. Shinichi Aoki, commanding general, Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade, shakes the hand of Indonesian Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Nur Alamsyah, commander, 2nd Marine Forces during More

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BASE DARWIN, Australia – U.S. Marine Sgt. Phil Berry, weapons and tactics instructor, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 268, Marine Rotational Force Darwin, looks out the rear of an MV More

MOUNT BUNDEY TRAINING AREA, Australia – U.S. Marine landing support specialists with 7th Engineer Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Detachment, Marine Rotational Force Darwin, make their way to an MV-22B Ospr More

DARWIN, Australia – U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Hunter Blankenship, rifleman, Company I, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Marine Rotational Force Darwin, pets guinea pigs with students from a More

AUSTRALIAN ARMY BASE ROBORTSON BARRACKS, Australia – U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Leonardo Molina, right, small arms repair technician, and Lance Cpl. Marc Montez, optical technician, both with Headquarters and Servi More

NORTHERN TERRITORY, Australia – U.S. Marine Cpl. Tannyr Novak, crew chief, Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367, Marine Rotational Force Darwin, takes in the view during a flight to an aerial gun range a More

MOUNT BUNDEY TRAINING AREA, Australia – U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Marine Rotational Force-Darwin, patrol to their support by fire position durin More

DARWIN, Australia -- The USA Hell Hounds fell to the Australian Defence Force's 1st Brigade Rugby Club 32-7 during a friendly exhibition July 29th, 2017. The game is held annually to commemorate America's Indep More

CAIRNS, Australia – U.S. Marine Cpl. Nicolas Villanueva, right, motor transportation operator, Combat Logistics Detachment, Marine Rotational Force Darwin, works with soldiers from the Chinese People’s Liberati More

CAIRNS, Australia -- U.S. Marine Sgt. Nathan Perrow, left, squad leader, Company I, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Sgt. John Montgomery, avionics technician, Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367, Ma More

CAIRNS, Australia – Corporal Ke Mei Luo, a soldier from the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, rehearses abseiling safety procedures before embarking on a canyon expedition during Exercise Kowari 2017 Aug. 26, 2 More

TULLY GORGE, Australia – Corporal Jia Qiang Zhan, left, a soldier from The Chinese People’s Liberation Army, pulls in another member from his group while rehearsing safe river exits during a white water rafting More

MOUNT BARTLE FRERE, Australia – U.S. Army Ranger Staff Sgt. Dylan Arnall, right, draws a caricature for 2nd Lt. Zhao Ping Li, center, and Cpl. Jia Qiang Zhan, both with the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, whi More

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BASE DARWIN, Australia – U.S. Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367, Marine Rotational Force Darwin load a UH-1Y Venom onto a C-17 Globemaster III, Sept. 25, 2017. More

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BASE DARWIN, Australia – U.S. Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367, Marine Rotational Force Darwin load a UH-1Y Venom onto a C-17 Globemaster III, Sept. 25, 2017. More

Peruvian Vice Adm. Fernando Cerdan, commander, Pacific Operations General Command, speaks about amphibious operations during the Pacific Amphibious Leaders Symposium (PALS) 2018 held in Honolulu, Hawaii, May 21 More

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 18, 2018) - Hull Maintenance Technician 3rd Class Chris Prince, from Tulsa, Okla., assigned to the submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40), holds down a firehose while it is rolled, during More

APRA HARBOR, Guam (March 15, 2018) An aerial view from above U.S. Naval Base Guam shows the sister submarine tenders, USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) and USS Frank Cable (AS 40), moored in Apra Harbor, March 15. Fran More

POLARIS POINT, Guam (April 5, 2018) Military Sealift Command civilian mariners, assigned to the submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40), advance a firehose to combat a casualty, during an all-hands damage cont More

POLARIS POINT, Guam (April 5, 2018) Military Sealift Command civilian mariners, assigned to the submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40), advance a firehose to combat a casualty, during an all-hands damage cont More

POLARIS POINT, Guam (April 5, 2018) Military Sealift Command civilian mariners and Sailors, assigned to the submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40), turn over information for a fire-party relief during an all- More

POLARIS POINT, Guam (April 5, 2018) Military Sealift Command civilian mariners, assigned to the USS Frank Cable (AS 40), help each other don personal protective equipment for a fire during an all-hands damage c More

POLARIS POINT, Guam (April 5, 2018) Military Sealift Command civilian mariners, assigned to the submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40), advance a firehose to combat a casualty, during an all-hands damage cont More

POLARIS POINT, Guam (April 5, 2018) Military Sealift Command Boatswain Carl Cosby, assigned to the submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40), plots boundaries for a casualty, during an all-hands damage control d More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jason R. Dunn, Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) command current operations functional manager, and Philippine Air Force Maj. Perry James C. Cortez, 430th Aircraft Maintenance Group deputy c More

Philippine Air Force student pilots from the 5th Fighter Wing discuss fighter pilot pipeline training and requirements during a bilateral air contingent exchange at Clark Air Base, Philippines, April 25, 2018. More

Members of the U.S. and Philippine Air Forces discuss weapons safety, munitions storage and handling at a subject matter expert exchange during a bilateral air contingent exchange at Clark Air Base, Philippines More

POLARIS POINT, Guam (May 1, 2018) Sailors, assigned to the submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40), prepare to donate blood to the Armed Services Blood Program, in the ship's Medical Department, May 1. Frank C More

POLARIS POINT, Guam (May 1, 2018) A phlebotomist from the Armed Services Blood Program prepares Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Ker Her, assigned to the submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40), for a blood donation More

POLARIS POINT, Guam (May 1, 2018) Engineman 3rd Class Brittany Randall, from Louisville, Ky., assigned to the submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40), gets ready to donate blood to the Armed Services Blood Pro More

POLARIS POINT, Guam (May 1, 2018) Information Systems Technician Seaman Zachary Gehm, assigned to the submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40), donates blood to the Armed Services Blood Program, May 1. Frank Ca More

POLARIS POINT, Guam (May 1, 2018) Machinist's Mate Fireman Joseph Shore, assigned to the submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40), donates blood to the Armed Services Blood Program, May 1. Frank Cable, forward More

POLARIS POINT, Guam (May 1, 2018) Sailors, assigned to the submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40), prepare to donate blood to the Armed Services Blood Program, in the ship's Medical Department, May 1. Frank C More

POLARIS POINT, Guam (May 1, 2018) A phlebotomist tends to a Sailor, assigned to the submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40), who is donating blood to the Armed Services Blood Program in the ship's Medical Depa More

POLARIS POINT, Guam (May 1, 2018) Interior Communications Electrician Seaman Brandon Meeker, from Tucson, Ariz., assigned to the submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40), donates blood to the Armed Services Blo More

180502-N-AV234-0114 PEARL HARBOR (May 2nd, 2018) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) arrives in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii for a final port visit before completing a three-month deplo More

Peruvian Vice Adm. Fernando Cerdan, commander, Pacific Operations General Command, speaks about amphibious operations during the Pacific Amphibious Leaders Symposium (PALS) 2018 in Honolulu, Hawaii, May 23, 201 More

Senior leaders from 22 militaries throughout the Indo-Pacific region gather for the Pacific Amphibious Leaders Symposium (PALS) 2018 in Honolulu, Hawaii, May 22, 2018. The purpose of PALS is to bring together s More

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. David H. Berger, commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, speaks during the Pacific Amphibious Leaders Symposium (PALS) 2018 in Honolulu, Hawaii, May 22, 2018. The purpose of PAL More

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. David H. Berger, commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, speaks to senior military leaders during the Pacific Amphibious Leaders Symposium (PALS) 2018 in Honolulu, Hawaii, May 2 More

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. David H. Berger, commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, speaks during the Pacific Amphibious Leaders Symposium (PALS) 2018 in Honolulu, Hawaii, May 22, 2018. PALS brings togeth More

Philippine Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Alvin Parreno, left, commandant, Philippine Marine Corps; Royal Thai Navy Rear Adm. Chatchai Thongsaard, commander, Amphibious and Combat Service Support Squadron; and U.S. Nav More

KOTA KINABALU, MALAYSIA (May 22, 2018) Members of the U.S. 7th Fleet Band perform at Queen Elizabeth Hosptial in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. The band is supporting a U.S. 7th Fleet theater security cooperation mis More

KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia (May 23, 2018) Capt. Tracy Hines, left, Assistant Chief of Staff for U.S. 7th Fleet’s Information Systems and Networks (N6) directorate and Capt. Bernard Wang, center, 7th Fleet Plans an More

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. David H. Berger, commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, asks a question during a briefing at the Pacific Amphibious Leaders Symposium (PALS) 2018 in Honolulu, Hawaii, May 23, 2 More

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Armando Daviu, center left, U.S. Marine Corps personnel exchange officer to the Peruvian Marine Corps, translates for Peruvian Navy Vice Adm. Fernando Cerdan, commanding general, Pacific More

Philippine Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Alvin A. Parreno, center, commandant, Philippine Marine Corps, receives a gift from Malaysian Brig. Gen. Tengku Muhammad Fauzi Tengku Ibrahim, right, commander, 10th Brigade, d More

Philippine Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Alvin Parreño, left, commandant of the Philippine Marine Corps and Malaysian Brig. Gen. Tengku Muhammad Fauzi Tengku Ibrahim, Commander 10th Brigade, exchange gifts after the P More

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR HICKAM (May 30, 2018)-- Adm. Harry Harris, outgoing commander of U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM), and his wife Ms. Bruni Bradley are piped ashore during the USPACOM change of command cere More

HONOLULU (June 4, 2018)—Prince Akishino of Japan, front left, James C. Horton, director of the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, front right, Princess Kiko of Japan, back left, and Adm. Phil Davidson, More

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii (June 8, 2018)—Brig. Gen. Suzanne Veras-Lum, mobilization assistant to the director of strategic plans and policy for U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, delivers closing remarks during the U. More

Lt. Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, 11th Air Force commander, Col. David Mineau, 354th Fighter Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Gene Kapuchuck, interim 354th FW command chief master sergeant, salute as the Secretar More

Retired Army Col. Trey Johnson, the U.S. Army Pacific Project Greenbook lead talks to Soldiers at the Semaphore Dining Facility, Camp Humphreys, South Korea, July 10. Johnson visited Soldiers and leaders at Cam More

U.S. Air Force Captain Samuel Doyel, 736th Security Forces Squadron commando warrior officer in-charge, speaks with India Air Force Subject Matter Experts during a Security Forces SMEE July 23, 2018, on Anderse More

Dr. Rebecca Taylor, left, and Dr. Jesse Stephen, both Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) forensic anthropologists, exit a plane during the Honorable Carry Ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, More

A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bomber fly over the Pacific Ocean during a routine training mission Aug. 2, 2018. This mission was flown in support of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s Continuous Bomber Presenc More

Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert B. Neller speaks during the U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific change of command ceremony at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Aug. 8, 2018. During the ceremony, Lt. Gen. David More

U.S. Air Force Capt. Inna Salunga, 18th Medical Group theater occupational health chief, Kadena Air Base, Japan, demonstrates a sand filter water treatment technique at Sri Lanka Air Force Air Base Hingurakgoda More

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Leticia Segura, deployed with the 1st Dental Battalion, Camp Pendleton, Calif., puts together a dental chair during set up for the health services operation portion of Pacific More

U.S. Air Force Capt. Tilli Ghale, assigned to the 35th Medical Support Squadron, Misawa Air Base, Japan, carries cases of medication during set up for the health services operation portion of Pacific Angel (PAC More

U.S. Air Force Capt. Evan Carson, 673rd Medical Operations Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, examines x-rays of a patient during the first day of the Pacific Angel (PAC ANGEL) 18-4 health serv More

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Brian M. Killough, Chief of Staff, Pacific Air Forces, provides opening remarks for the Asia-Pacific Aviation Safety Subject Matter Expert Exchange (APASS) in Honolulu, Hawaii, Aug. 14, More

Pacific Ocean Division (POD) Commanding General, Brig. Gen. Thomas Tickner (right) receives an official gift during an exchange with Brig. Gen. Bujiinov Amgalanbaatar (left), Commanding General, Mongolia Land F More

CAMP H.M. Smith, Hawaii (Aug. 22, 2018)—Lt. Gen. Bryan Fenton, deputy commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM), greets Japan Foreign Minister Taro Kono upon his arrival to USINDOPACOM headquarters. More

191018-N-ZW591-1001 SASEBO, Japan (Oct. 15, 2019) Utilitiesman 3rd Class Jaime Orobio, from Houston, installs the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 sign on the detail’s building as part of the turnov More

SAIPAN, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands – Guam-based Soldiers with the 9th Mission Support Command, U.S. Army Reserve, and the Guam Army National Guard make their way out of a U.S. Air Force C-130 More

Staff Sgt. Joseph Butler from Charlie Battery, 2-1 Air Defense Artillery Battalion, received top honors and was recognized as the PMG honor graduate.

Col. Richard W. Wright passes the CTF Defender guidon to Lt. Col. Wilson during the Assumption of Command ceremony held November 19 at CP Carroll, South Korea.

Lt. Gen. Michael A. Bills, Eighth Army commanding general; and Command Sgt. Maj. Jason Schmidt, serve up the Thanksgiving meal to U.S. and ROK soldiers at CTF Defender.