The Pentagon wants to hunker down with counterparts in Mexico to exercise homeland defense scenarios that could involve terrorist attacks near the border, reports Jason Sherman in Inside the Pentagon. (Requires subscription.)
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