When journalists covering the 2018 Rim of the Pacific Exercises were told we were meeting with the US Indo-Pacific Command commander Admiral Philip Davidson, I considered it a rare opportunity to meet the man tasked to implement America’s military policy in the South China Sea. We were told the meeting could not be recorded and that a transcript of the round table discussion would be provided at a later date. Security was understandably tight as we entered the PACOM Compound in Honolulu.

Who is the man tasked to execute US' military policy in South China Sea?. (2018, July 23). The Daily Guardian, pp. 9, 19.