How Do We Deter, Fight, and Win in the Indo-Pacific?
(Room Operations in Focus Stage - Sails Pavilion)
12 Feb 26
10:00 AM
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11:15 AM
Speaker(s):
RADM Joseph R. Buzzella, USCG, Acting Commander, Pacific Area and Defense Force West, U.S. Coast Guard Pacific; LtGen Roger B. Turner, USMC, Commander, III Marine Expeditionary Force; VADM Phillip Sawyer, USN (Ret.), Former, Commander, SEVENTH Fleet; VADM Patrick J. Hannifin, USN, Commander, SEVENTH Fleet, U.S. Navy; RDML T.J. Zerr, USN, Commander, Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center
Deterrence in the Indo-Pacific requires integration, operational credibility, and the ability to execute complex warfighting across multiple domains. This panel brings together senior commanders and innovators actively shaping how U.S. forces operationalize warfighting capability, integrate Coast Guard and Marine Expeditionary operations, and develop the tactics and concepts required to prevail. Panelists will discuss how they're building lethal, distributed forces capable of contesting peer competitors, the role of experimentation and warfighting development in closing capability gaps, and the operational approaches that translate deterrent posture into actual fighting strength across the Indo-Pacific.