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Ronald Reagan Strike Group, JMSDF Work Together During Cooperative Deployment in the Philippine Sea
October 29, 2018

Statement from the U.S. Forces Japan Commander, Lt. Gen. Jerry P. Martinez Commencement of Exercise Keen Sword 19
October 28, 2018
U.S. Navy File photo during Exercise Keen Sword.

The Tip of the Spear Changes Hands as CTF 75 Holds Change of Command
October 26, 2018
SANTA RITA, Guam, (Oct. 26, 2018) Captain Robert Baughman, gives his final remarks as Commander, Task Force (CTF) 75 as he relinquishes command to Capt. Eric C. Correll during a change of command ceremony held at Naval Base Guam. CTF 75, the primary expeditionary task force responsible for the planning and execution of coastal riverine operations, explosive ordnance disposal, diving engineering and construction, and underwater construction in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations.

U.S. Navy Submarine Group 7 Commander Attends Sri Lankan Navy’s Galle Dialogue
October 23, 2018
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (Oct. 22, 2018) Rear Adm. Jimmy Pitts, Commander, Submarine Group 7 exchanges gifts with Sri Lanka Navy Commander Vice Adm. Sirimevan Ranasinghe during the 9th Annual International Maritime Conference "Galle Dialogue." Hosted by the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN), the two-day conference is one of the region’s premier venues to discuss maritime security issues amongst senior military and defense officials.  More than 140 delegates representing 52 countries and 22 international organizations and defense industries attended this year’s conference.

CNFK, ROKFLT Host Fifth-Annual UNC MCM Symposium
October 22, 2018
BUSAN, Republic of Korea (Oct. 17, 2018) Rear Adm. Michael E. Boyle, commander, U.S. Naval Forces Korea gives opening remarks to members of the United Nations Sending States during the fifth annual United Nations Command Naval Component Countermeasures Symposium in Busan. This three day symposium is aimed at increasing multinational interoperability and cooperation along with strengthening partnerships between participating nations with mine countermeasure forces.

Submarine Group 7 Embarks JMSDF Submarine, Reinforcing Submarine Force Alliances in the Pacific
October 21, 2018
FLEET ACTIVITIES YOKOSUKA, Japan (Oct. 19, 2018) Rear Adm. Jimmy Pitts, Commander, Submarine Group 7, salutes Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Sailors as he is whistled aboard JS Seiryu (SS-509), prior to going underway aboard the Japanese submarine. The familiarity cruise is to reinforce the submarine group's commitment to the U.S.-Japan alliance.

Ronald Reagan Resumes Flight Operations Following Helicopter Crash
October 19, 2018
SOUTH CHINA SEA (Aug. 31, 2018) The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) and the guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69), center, conduct a photo exercise with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships. The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

Helicopter Crash on board USS Ronald Reagan
October 19, 2018
SOUTH CHINA SEA (Aug. 31, 2018) The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) and the guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69), center, conduct a photo exercise with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships. The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

U.S. Navy Divers Recover Oil from Wrecked WWII Prinz Eugen
October 14, 2018
KWAJALEIN ATOLL, Marshall Islands (Oct. 12, 2018) Navy divers from Mobile Diving Salvage Unit (MDSU) 1, aboard USNS Salvor (T-ARS-52), remove fuel oil from the capsized World War II German cruiser Prinz Eugen. The safe extraction of an estimated 250,000 gallons of fuel oil from Prinz Eugen began Sept. 1 and involved nearly two dozen divers along with support from commercial tanker Humber in collaboration with the government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and U.S. Army Garrison Kwajalein Atoll.

U.S. and Japan Self Defense Force Kick off Exercise Keen Sword
October 13, 2018
A B-1 bomber from the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron leads a formation with fighters in front of U.S. Navy and Japanese surface vessels during Exercise Keen Sword 17, which took place Oct. 30 to Nov. 11, 2016, in the Pacific Ocean off the coasts of Japan, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. Keen Sword is a bilateral exercise between the Japanese Self-Defense Force and the United States designed to strengthen the Japan-U.S. alliance and increase combined combat readiness within the framework of the alliance.

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