A new Air Force policy takes effect that requires immediate discharge of any airman, officer or enlisted, found to have committed a sexual assault. (Also see June 27, 2013.)
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