NORAD is formally stood up at Ent Air Force Base, Colo., with U.S. Air Force Gen. Earle E. Partridge in command.
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