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U.S. Indo-Pacific Command chief receives Korean name

MICHAEL LEE MICHAEL LEE

Published January 31, 2024 - 10:31 a.m.

The ROK-US Alliance Friendship Association and the Korea-US Alliance Foundation said Tuesday that their representatives had presented Adm. John Aquilino, commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, with a calligraphy scroll bearing his Korean name at the command’s headquarters in Hawaii on Friday (local time). According to the foundation, Aquilino’s Korean name, Lee Tae-soo, signifies his role as “the admiral charged with protecting the world’s largest ocean.” [U.S. INDO-PACIFIC COMMAND] — The ROK-US Alliance Friendship Association and the Korea-US Alliance Foundation said Tuesday that their representatives had presented Adm. John Aquilino, commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, with a calligraphy scroll bearing his Korean name at the command’s headquarters in Hawaii on Friday (local time). According to the foundation, Aquilino’s Korean name, Lee Tae-soo, signifies his role as “the admiral charged with protecting the world’s largest ocean.”

BY MICHAEL LEE [lee.junhyuk@joongang.co.kr]

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