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US Pacific Command renamed as US Indo-Pacific Command
Economic Times ^
| Jun 02, 2018
Posted on 06/02/2018 8:29:42 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
US Pacific Command renamed as US Indo-Pacific Command
PTI|Updated: Jun 02, 2018, 04.24 PM IST
WASHINGTON: The United States renamed its oldest and largest military command - the Pacific Command - to Indo-Pacific Command, in a largely symbolic move to signal India's importance to the US military amid heightened tensions with China over the militarisation of the South China Sea.
Henceforth, the storied US Pacific Command, or PACOM, which was formed after World War II, will be known as the US Indo-Pacific Command.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; india; indopacificcommand; pacificcommand
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
06/02/2018 9:56:34 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
“Smack” a shot across China’s face.
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posted on
06/02/2018 10:37:58 PM PDT
by
arrogantsob
(See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Seems like a reason to impeach 45!
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posted on
06/02/2018 10:43:08 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: TigerLikesRooster
It has more to do with the Indian Ocean than India the country.
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posted on
06/02/2018 10:52:57 PM PDT
by
libh8er
To: TigerLikesRooster
PR move. PACOM will be getting a lot bad press during the upcoming Fat Leonard court martial parade.
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posted on
06/02/2018 10:59:25 PM PDT
by
Thrownatbirth
(.....Iraq Invasion fan since '91.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
06/03/2018 12:17:55 AM PDT
by
Jyotishi
(Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Let's bring back the War Department! (DoD is so lame.)
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posted on
06/03/2018 12:37:57 AM PDT
by
cynwoody
To: TigerLikesRooster
Um... Does that make it iPACOM?
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posted on
06/03/2018 1:28:52 AM PDT
by
FrogMom
(Time marches on...)
To: TigerLikesRooster
They should re-activate the Asiatic Fleet.
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posted on
06/03/2018 2:43:26 AM PDT
by
Jimmy Valentine
(DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
To: arrogantsob
“Smack” a shot across China’s face. That's all it is.
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posted on
06/03/2018 3:57:02 AM PDT
by
SkyPilot
("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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