Adm. Thomas B. Fargo, Commander, U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM), welcomes Maj. Gen. Tesvegsurengin Togoo, Chief of the General Staff, Mongolian Armed Forces, at USPACOM headquarters, Camp Smith, Hawaii. Both discussed mutual security interests in the Asia-Pacific region. Photo by PO1 Clinton Beaird, USN UScheduled to join the U.S. Pacific Fleet in 2004 is the next generation Tomahawk cruise missile. It can be reprogrammed in-flight to strike any of 15 preprogrammed alternate targets or be redirected to any Global Positioning System (GPS) target coordinates. It will also be able to loiter over a target area for some hours, and its onboard TV camera will allow commanders to assess battle damage of the target and redirect the missile, if necessary, to another target. Launched from the U.S. Navy’s forward-deployed ships and submarines, this missile will provide greater flexibility for the commander. Here, it is being tested in a launch from the guided missile destroyer USS Stethem (DDG 63). The missile traveled 760 nautical miles (1,398 kilometers) to successfully impact its intended target on San Clemente Island, part of the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) test range in the U.S. state of California. Official U.S. Navy Photo Professor Valery P. Dikarev (left), Vice President for International Affairs, Far Eastern National University, Vladivstok, Russia, and U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. (retired) Hank Stackpole, President Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS), sign a Memorandum of Agreement to develop a cooperative arrangement related to the study of comprehensive security. The April 2003 signing ceremony concluded two days of talks held at the APCSS, Fort DeRussy, Hawaii. The proposed arrangement will enhance the exchange of research and information and benefit the two organizations’ educational programs. Photo by Stephanie Hika, APCSS U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Joseph G. Webb (center), Commander Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC), Hawaii, and TAMC medical personnel discuss medical procedures with Vietnamese physician Sr. Col. (Dr.) Do Tat Cuong at the March 2003 Vietnam/U.S. Medical Science Exchange in Hanoi, Vietnam. The exchange offered medical personnel of both countries a chance to share information on modern and traditional medical procedures. Photo by Col. (Dr.) Benjamin W. Berg, USA Lt. Gen. Nikolai Lisinsky, Chief Northeast Region Directorate of the Russian Federal Border Service (RFBS), and Rear Adm. James Underwood, Commander 17th U.S. Coast Guard District, Alaska, answer questions during an April 2003 press conference at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. U.S. Coast Guardsmen and RFBS personnel spent several days in meetings and exchanged crews aboard vessels at sea as part of their ongoing joint operations. Photo by TSgt. Keith Brown, USAF U.S. Army Maj. (Dr.) Lenhanh Tran, a TAMC physician, briefs Vietnamese medical personnel on the challenges facing the U.S. military medical community at the March 2003 Vietnam/U.S. Military Medical Science Exchange in Hanoi, Vietnam. Photo by Col. (Dr.) Benjamin W. Berg, USA Andrea Davis, Editor of the Asia-Pacific Defense FORUM, holds the United States Pacific Command Certificate of Appreciation awarded by Admiral Thomas B. Fargo, Commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, in Hawaii. She was honored for volunteering many hours of unpaid editorial work on Admiral Fargo’s annual report to the U.S. Congress. Accompanying her are (left) Lt. Col. Joe Screnci, FORUM Project Manager, and (right) retired Lt. Col. Paul R. Stankiewicz, Editor-in-Chief. Photo by PO1 Clinton Beaird, USN

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