President Obama announces plans to cut about $400 billion from the defense budget by 2023 as part of an effort to reduce the overall federal deficit by $4 trillion. This comes on top of the $400 million defense reduction identified over the past two years in current and future defense spending.
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