(l-r) Naval Inspector General Vice Adm. Michael Baze, US 7th Fleet commander Vice Adm. Patrick Hannifin The new Naval Inspector General and U.S. 7th Fleet commander took command this week following ...

Vice Adm. Patrick Hannifin, left, assumes command of the U.S. 7th Fleet at a ceremony in Yokosuka, Japan, on Nov. 13, replacing Vice Adm. Fred Kacher, right. (MCS Charles Oki/U.S. Navy) The world’s ...

This story has been corrected. YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — The U.S. 7th Fleet, responsible for 48 million square miles of ocean, welcomed Vice Adm. Patrick Hannifin as its new commander Thursday ...

At Situm, a village on the outskirts of Lae in Papua New Guinea, about a thousand people gathered at the local sports oval waiting to see something many said they'd only ever seen in movies. The 1st ...

The Papua New Guinea-Australia Mutual Defence Treaty signed in Canberra on October 6 calls for force integration and embedding, with synchronisation of doctrine. Port Moresby predicts that 10,000 ...

The head of the U.S. military's Southern Command will retire later this year, a high-profile departure that comes as the Trump administration strikes alleged drug-carrying boats in the Caribbean and ...

The commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), whose area of operations includes the Caribbean waters where the strikes against the alleged drug boats have been conducted, announced he is retiring ...

Navy Adm. Alvin Holsey testifies before senators in 2024 about his appointment as commander of U.S. Southern Command. (Tech. Sgt. Sarah M. McClanahan/Air National Guard) Editor’s note: This is a ...

The admiral overseeing US Southern Command, which has responsibility for forces in the Caribbean, where the US has carried out multiple legally ambiguous strikes against alleged drug cartels, is ...

Analysis - The signing of the Papua New Guinea-Australia Mutual Defence Treaty - officially known as the Pukpuk Treaty - marks a defining moment in the modern Pacific order. Framed as a "historic ...

The head of U.S. Special Operations Command (Ussocom), Gen. Bryan Fenton, retired from his role Friday. “As I hand over the reins, I do so with the utmost confidence in your ability to continue this ...