Samuel Paparo

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Samuel John Paparo Jr. (born 1964) is an American admiral who has served as the commander of the United States Pacific Command since 2024. Paparo is a native of Pennsylvania. He received his commission at the Aviation Officer Candidate School of the United States Navy in 1987 and became a naval aviator in 1989. A graduate of the Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN), he has over 6,000 flight hours and conducted over 1,100 carrier landings. Paparo also earned master's degrees from Old Dominion University and the Naval Postgraduate School. He flew combat missions during the United States invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, and later deployed on the ground to lead a provincial reconstruction team during the war in Afghanistan, from 2007 to 2008. He was also deployed for the Iraq War. Paparo's commands included two strike fighter squadrons, Carrier Air Wing 7 from 2011 to 2012, and Carrier Strike Group 8 from 2017 to 2018. He also served as the director of operations at the United States Central Command from 2018 to 2020. Paparo served as the commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, the U.S. Fifth Fleet, and the Combined Maritime Forces from 2020 to 2021, and then as the commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet from 2021 to 2024. Since becoming commander of Indo-Pacific Command, he had a role in the peace negotiations during the 2025 Cambodian–Thai border crisis, and in enforcing the naval blockade of Iran during the 2026 Iran war.