The US relinquishes control of Joint Base Balad in Iraq with departure of the last members of USAF’s 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing.
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