Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, visited Hawai’i Air National Guard service members from the 154th Force Support Squadron on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawai’i, on Aug. 12, 2024.
Paparo met with Brig. Gen. Phillip L. Mallory, commander of the 154th Wing, Hawai’i Air National Guard, and Lt. Col. Love Vazquez, squadron commander of the 154th FSS, as well as other military officers, senior enlisted leaders and civilians.
While there, he toured facilities and received capability demonstrations that underscored the importance of stewardship, people-to-people ties through community, and the critical role of the HIANG in providing agile support to help defend the homeland, bolster relationships, and promote peace throughout the region.
USINDOPACOM is committed to enhancing stability in the Indo-Pacific region by promoting security cooperation, encouraging peaceful development, responding to contingencies, deterring aggression and, when necessary, fighting to win.
