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.

7 months 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.

6 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, AP

6 years ago

Indo-PACOM? Pentagon may rename US Pacific Command

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

By Tara Copp, AP

6 years ago

Siren will wail in Hawaii test for possible nuclear attack

Just days after North Korea tested its most powerful missile yet, Hawaii is dusting off a relic not heard on the islands since the end of the Cold War.

6 years ago