Samuel Paparo

Samuel John Paparo Jr. (born 1964) is a United States Navy four-star admiral serving as the 27th Commander of United States Indo-Pacific Command, the nation’s oldest and largest geographic combatant command. A TOPGUN-trained naval aviator with combat experience spanning three decades, Paparo has commanded at every level from fighter squadron to combatant command, with the rare distinction of having led forces both from the cockpit and on the ground in combat. He oversees approximately 380,000 military and civilian personnel responsible for all U.S. military activities across 36 nations, 14 time zones, and a region encompassing more than half the world’s population.