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Freedom Edge 2025: Building Trilateral Trust Across the Indo-Pacific
September 19, 2025
250916-N-SF508-1968 U.S. 7TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (Sept. 16, 2025) – Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, Republic of Korea Navy, and U.S. Navy ships sail in formation in support of Exercise Freedom Edge 25 in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations, Sept. 16, 2025. Trilateral exercises like Freedom Edge demonstrate our shared commitment to achieve and maintain peace in the Asia-Pacific. U.S. 7th Fleet, the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Charles Oki)
Blue Ridge visits Pyeongtaek, South Korea
September 18, 2025
U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) arrives in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Sept. 18, 2025.
U.S., Australia naval forces conduct bilateral training in the South China Sea
September 16, 2025
Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105), left, sails alongside Anzac-class frigate HMAS Ballarat (FFH 155), right, during a bilateral training with the Royal Australian Navy in the South China Sea, Sept. 16, 2025.
Japan, the Philippines and the U.S. Conduct Maritime Cooperative Activity
September 14, 2025
SUBIC BAY, Philippines (Sep. 11, 2025)—Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John Finn (DDG 113) teach Sailors from the Philippine Navy and Cmdr. Noriyuki Kawahata, Assistant Defense Attaché of Japan to the Philippines, about flight operations on the fo’c’sle during a subject matter exchange as part of multi-lateral Maritime Cooperative Activity in Subic Bay, Philippines, Sep. 11. John Finn is forward-deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Alexandria Esteban)
USS Blue Ridge Changes Command
September 12, 2025
Capt. Louis Catalina, right, relieves Capt. Nicholas DeLeo, left, as commanding officer of the U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) during the Blue Ridge change of command ceremony at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Sept. 5, 2025. The Blue Ridge and embarked U.S. 7th Fleet staff conduct regular Indo-Pacific patrols to deter aggression, strengthen alliances and partnerships, and advance future warfighting capabilities. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Adam Craft)
USS Higgins Holds Change of Command Ceremony
September 10, 2025
APRA HARBOR, Guam (Aug. 24, 2025) Cmdr. Ronald Jenkins, outgoing commanding officer of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76), salutes side boys during the Higgins change of command ceremony onboard Naval Base Guam, in Apra Harbor, Guam, Aug. 24. Higgins is forward-deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Trevor Hale)
Commander, Self Defense Fleet Hosted Japan-U.S. Navy Commanders’ meeting KONDANKAI.
September 9, 2025
Vice Adm. Katsushi Omachi, commander Self Defense Fleet, hosted Vice Adm. Fred Kacher, commander U.S. 7th Fleet and Japan and U.S. maritime commanders during an annual bilateral meeting known as “KONDANKAI” at the Maritime Operation Center on Yokosuka Naval Base, Sept. 4, 2025.
US, Japan Conduct Bilateral Operations
September 8, 2025
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) sailors stand watch in the pilot house of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) while conducting bilateral operations alongside the JMSDF in the Philippine Sea, Sept. 5.
USS John Finn Departs Jakarta Following Port Visit to support Super Garuda Shield 25
September 5, 2025
Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John Finn (DDG 113) man the rails during a sea and anchor detail in Jakarta, Indonesia, Aug. 25.
U.S., Allied Forces Complete Exercise Pacific Vanguard 2025
September 5, 2025
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) fires a missile as part of a training exercise during Pacific Vanguard 2025 in the Philippine Sea, Sept. 1.
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