{"id":38145,"date":"2024-02-29T15:49:35","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T15:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2024\/02\/29\/senate-confirms-paparo-as-new-indo-pacom-commander\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:19:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:19:15","slug":"senate-confirms-paparo-as-new-indo-pacom-commander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/naval\/2024\/02\/29\/senate-confirms-paparo-as-new-indo-pacom-commander\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate confirms Paparo as new INDOPACOM commander"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senators on Wednesday confirmed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2023\/08\/07\/how-adm-paparo-will-lead-the-us-military-in-the-indo-pacific\/?utm_source=sailthru&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_campaign=mil-ebb&#038;SToverlay=342f5a58-c37b-4142-b049-1f737335b507\" target=\"_blank\">Adm. Samuel Paparo<\/a> as the next leader of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2023\/06\/05\/us-defense-secretary-discusses-upgrading-india-ties-to-counter-china\/\" target=\"_blank\"> U.S. Indo-Pacific Command<\/a>, putting the longtime naval officer in charge of American military strategy and operations for the West Pacific combatant command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paparo\u2019s confirmation was advanced by a voice vote without any objections late Wednesday evening, alongside 25 other senior military promotions. The chamber also confirmed Aprille Joy Ericsson as assistant secretary of defense within the Department of Defense\u2019s research office in a voice vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paparo will replace Adm. John Aquilino, who has served in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/china\/\" target=\"_blank\">INDOPACOM role <\/a>since April 2021. Paparo currently serves as commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet, and was nominated for the new role last August.<\/p>\n\n\n<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link smg-interstitial-link--fallback wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2023\/08\/07\/how-adm-paparo-will-lead-the-us-military-in-the-indo-pacific\/?utm_source=sailthru&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_campaign=mil-ebb&#038;SToverlay=342f5a58-c37b-4142-b049-1f737335b507\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__fallback-link\">How Adm. Paparo will lead the US military in the Indo-Pacific<\/a><\/aside>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Feb. 1, Paparo listed China, Russia and North Korea as the most pressing threats to U.S. military interests in the Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf confirmed, I will ensure that we maintain the overmatch that preserves stability today, tomorrow, next week and for the decades to come,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paparo is the son of an enlisted Marine and the grandson of an enlisted sailor who fought in World War II, according to his command biography. The Pennsylvania native has served in a variety of leadership roles during his 37-year military career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A TOPGUN graduate, Paparo has logged more than 6,000 hours flying the F-14 Tomcat, the F-15 Eagle and the F\/A-18 Super Hornet and has 1,100 carrier landings under his belt. As a fighter pilot, he took out a surface-to-air missile site in Kandahar during the invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was one of hundreds of military leaders whose promotions and confirmations were held up for months last year after Sen. 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