PACFLT Commander Aquilino Formally Nominated to Lead INDO-PACOM

Adm. John C. Aquilino, commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet. US Navy Photo

The head of the Navy’s forces in the Pacific has been tapped to lead U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, according to a Thursday Pentagon announcement.

Adm. John Aquilino, the current commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, has been nominated to lead the joint combatant command based in Hawaii.

On Monday, USNI News reported Aquilino had become the White House’s leading candidate to take over the command from current commander Adm. Phil...