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His trip was itself a message, giving heft to negotiations over basing and logistics access for the U.S. military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But first came the hourlong ritual, where Fijian soldiers in military and traditional dress presented a whale tooth and a roasted pig between chants and dancing. Later he watched a rugby match, having played the sport himself at West Point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The trip was a mix of strategic and personal that has defined his time as secretary in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fiji is his last stop on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2024\/11\/15\/pentagon-chief-austin-embarks-on-his-last-asia-visit-amid-uncertainty\/\">trip across the region to meet with allies for his last time<\/a> as secretary. In his four years, Austin has helped recast America\u2019s military role and presence in the Indo-Pacific. Its allies are working more often with each other, and America is working more closely with its allies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This approach has allowed the U.S. to spread out its forces into smaller groups, long a priority in a region concerned by China\u2019s rapid military buildup. To help defend against the increasingly capable People\u2019s Liberation Army, the Pentagon wants its forces farther forward than the U.S. west coast or Hawaii.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But it doesn\u2019t want them to be concentrated into only a few positions, like Japan and South Korea. The more densely packed they are, the more vulnerable they are to China\u2019s stocks of missiles and rockets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response, the U.S. has signed new basing agreements with old and new allies, such as the Philippines, Australia, Papua New Guinea and small islands in the Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fiji is the latest part of that effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. is negotiating two separate deals with the island government in Suva. The first is a status of forces agreement, or a SOFA, pronounced like the couch. 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Austin will sign this pact on the second day of his visit before departing back for Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While reshuffling its forces around the region, the Pentagon is also opening more sites to repair weapons in the theater, rather than needing to pull them farther and longer away from a fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The logistics deal is meant to help with such far-flung supply lines, which could be under threat during a conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fiji is far closer to China than the U.S. mainland but by no means close, still thousands of miles away. 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