Air Force Space Command is sending forth emissaries to schools to talk up the benefits of pursuing science and engineering programs. There is a well-known dearth of students pursuing math and science. According to Stars and Stripes, AFSPC engineers and scientists have to spend at least four hours a year traveling to elementary, middle, or high schools—the command has made it part of their space professional recertification process.
Navy Adm. Samuel J. Paparo Jr. assumed leadership of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, succeeding Navy Adm. John Aquilino at a change of command ceremony, urging action amid China's “increasing intrusive and expansionist claims,” on May 3