The Pentagon has quietly set in motion a yearlong strategy to unify the military services’ approach to achieving what it calls “Total Force Fitness.”

U.S. Pacific Command was the formation’s official name until 2018, when it was changed to U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.

Nearly 50,000 U.S. troops are positioned across the region, according to Adm. Brad Cooper, head of Central Command.

Kharg Island, the linchpin of Iran’s oil industry, has once more come under focus amid a fraying ceasefire.