USAF Gen. Richard B. Myers assumes command as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, becoming the first USAF general to hold the highest military office in 19 years.
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