SPRATLY ISLANDS, South China Sea - UPDATE 1358 local: The PRC's statement about this mission is false. USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) conducted this FONOP in accordance with international law and then continued on to conduct normal operations in waters where high seas freedoms apply. The...

PHILIPPINE SEA – Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 5 joined the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) in the Philippine Sea for tri-lateral operations to include the first replenishment at sea (RAS) between a new Australian oiler and a U.S. aircraft carrier,...

PHILIPPINE SEA - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) along with units from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) are conducting exercise Keen Sword 23 (KS23) in Japan’s surrounding...

YOKOSUKA, Japan - The forward-deployed Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) returned to Yokosuka, Japan, Nov. 10 concluding a routine deployment...

YOKOSUKA, Japan – Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday visited Commander, Task Force (CTF) 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15 and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Nov. 7...

CLARK AIR BASE, Philippines - The “Red Lancers” of Patrol Squadron (VP) 10 participated in the multilateral exercise Sama Sama-Lumbas at Clark Air Base, Oct. 11-18. The exercise included forces from Australia, France, Japan, Philippines, United Kingdom, and United States...

PHILIPPINE SEA - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), while Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 5 units concluded their participation in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force International Fleet Review...

PHILIPPINE SEA - The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group and the USS New Orleans, assigned to Task Force 76/3, joined forces to conduct combined integrated operations with maritime forces from Canada and Japan to experiment with naval concepts in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific,...

KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia – The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69) departed Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, after a scheduled port visit, Oct. 25...

YOKOSUKA, Japan – Staff assigned to Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet’s Meteorology and Oceanography cell and from Submarine Group (CSG) 7/Task Force (CTF) 74 toured Military Sealift Command’s (MSC) Pathfinder-class oceanographic survey ship USNS Mary Sears (T-AGS 65) in Yokosuka, Japan,...