U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
David Bell is a Security Cooperation Officer at U.S. Indo-Pacific Command since April 2023, with prior experience as an Instructor at U.S. Army Command and General Staff College from July 2020 to February 2023, where graduate-level courses in strategy and security studies were taught, focusing on the Indo-Pacific region. David served as an Assistant Army Attaché at the US Embassy Jakarta between June 2018 and July 2020, facilitating senior-level engagements for the U.S. Additionally, from December 2014 to November 2017, David worked as an Analytical Branch Chief at United States Pacific Command, leading teams of intelligence analysts on political and military issues in Southeast Asia. Educational qualifications include a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies from Brigham Young University, a Master of Arts in Southeast Asian Studies from Cornell University, and an Associate's degree in Indonesian Language from the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center.
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U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
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United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) is one of six geographic combatant commands defined by the Department of Defense's Unified Command Plan (UCP). As a geographic combatant command, USINDOPACOM is in charge of using and integrating United States Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps forces within the USINDOPACOM area of responsibility (AOR) to achieve U.S. national security objectives while protecting national interests. The USINDOPACOM AOR covers more of the globe of any of the other geographic combatant commands and shares borders with all of the other five geographic combatant commands. The commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command reports to the President of the United States through the Secretary of Defense and is supported by multiple component and sub-unified commands including: U.S. Forces Korea, US Forces Japan, U.S. Special Operations Command Pacific, U.S. Pacific Fleet, U.S. Marine Forces Pacific, U.S. Pacific Air Forces and U.S. Army Pacific. These commands are headquartered in Hawai’i and have forces stationed and deployed throughout the region.