U.S. Indo-Pacific Command chief receives Korean name
Published: 31 Jan. 2024, 10:31
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- MICHAEL LEE
- [email protected]
![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]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/01/31/1c36fad5-e9d8-4df8-984d-3a1c29ef64f1.jpg)
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]
BY MICHAEL LEE [[email protected]]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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