Army Gen. B.B. Bell, head of US Forces Korea, stopped by Kunsan AB, South Korea, last week on a tour of some of his command facilities and told the Wolfpack airmen that USFK would provide some money to kickstart facility upgrades, such as a new dining facility, base clinic, and library, reports SrA. Stephen Collier. Bell also noted that Kunsan is “growing more and more into a joint force base,” calling the plans to incorporate Army and Air Force units at Kunsan “into one, cohesive operation are very impressive.”
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