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USS Benfold (DDG 65) Participates in Exercise Keen Sword 2023
November 16, 2022
PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 13, 2022) Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) conducts a 5-inch live-fire gunnery exercise, part of Keen Sword in the Philippine Sea, Nov. 13. Keen Sword is a biennial, joint and bilateral field-training exercise involving U.S. military and Japan Self-Defense Force personnel, designed to increase readiness and interoperability while strengthening the ironclad Japan-U.S. alliance. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Arthur Rosen)
Japan hosts Australia, India, U.S. in Naval Exercise Malabar 2022
November 11, 2022
221111-N-LI114-1129 PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 11, 2022) The U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), steams in formation with submarines from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during Exercise Malabar 2022, in the Philippine Sea, Nov. 11. Malabar 2022 is a Japan-led, surface, air, and subsurface multi-lateral field training exercise with the Indian Navy, JMSDF, Royal Australian Navy and U.S. Navy. Malabar 2022 enhances interoperability between Australian, Indian, Japanese and U.S. maritime forces, strengthens the critical partnerships and demonstrates U.S. naval presence in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael B. Jarmiolowski)
Chief of Naval Operations visits Commander, Task Force 71 and USS Rafael Peralta
November 9, 2022
YOKOSUKA, Japan (Nov. 7, 2022) Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday salutes as he passes through sideboys while visiting Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) moored at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Nov. 7. Rafael Peralta is assigned to Commander, Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Deanna C. Gonzales)
Patrol Squadron 10 Continues Partnership with Brunei Through CARAT Exercise
November 7, 2022
RIMBA AIR BASE, Brunei (Oct. 26, 2022) – Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class Chase Hawes briefs Commander Operations Group of the Royal Brunei Air Force Colonel Hishamuddin bin Abidin during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training Brunei 2022. The “Red Lancers” of Patrol Squadron (VP) 10 are currently operating from Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan. The squadron conducts maritime patrol and reconnaissance, as well as theater outreach operations, as part of a rotational deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Nicholas Skeen)
USS Ronald Reagan Hosts Japanese Prime Minister during International Fleet Review
November 6, 2022
SAGAMI WAN (Nov. 6, 2022) Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, left, Honorable Rahm Emanuel, right, U.S. ambassador to Japan, and Vice Adm. Karl Thomas, center, commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, tour the hangar led by Capt. Michael Sweeny, commander, Carrier Air Wing 5, aboard the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), during the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Fleet Review 2022, in the Sagami Wan, Nov. 6. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, and supports alliances, partnerships and collective maritime interests in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael B. Jarmiolowski)
Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group, USS New Orleans Operate as Combined Force with Canadian, Japanese Allies in U.S. 7th Fleet
October 27, 2022
PHILIPPINE SEA (Oct. 27, 2022) An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to the Royal Maces of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 27, lands on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), in the Philippine Sea, Oct. 27. The Royal Maces conduct carrier-based air strikes and strike force escort missions, as well as ship, battle group, and intelligence collection operations. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, and supports alliances, partnerships and collective maritime interests in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eric Stanton)
USS Milius Conducts Kota Kinabalu Port Visit
October 27, 2022
KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia (Oct. 22, 2022) Sailors assigned to Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69) pose for a photo during a community relations event at Etania School for Stateless Children in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, during a scheduled port visit, Oct. 22. Milius is assigned to Commander, Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Richard Cho)
C7F and CSG 7 Staffs Tour Oceanographic Survey Ship, USNS Mary Sears, in Yokosuka
October 26, 2022
YOKOSUKA, Japan (Oct 20, 2022) Captain Scott Spears speaks with Sailors assigned to Commander, Submarine Group 7 (CSG-7) during a tour of the Pathfinder-class oceanographic survey ship USNS Mary Sears (T-AGS 65), Oct. 20, 2022. U.S. Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command directs and oversees more that 2,500 globally-distributed military and civilian personnel who collect, process and exploit environmental information to assist Fleet and Joint Commanders in all warfare area to make better decisions, based on assured environmental information, faster than the adversary. CSG-7 directs forward-deployed, combat capable forces across the full spectrum of undersea warfare throughout the Western Pacific, Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Travis Baley)
U.S. Navy Participates in Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Brunei 2022
October 25, 2022
MUARA, Brunei (Oct. 24, 2022) Leaders from the U.S. and Royal Brunei Armed Forces pose for a group photo after the conclusion of the opening ceremony for exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Brunei, Oct. 24. CARAT Brunei 2022 highlights the 28th anniversary of CARAT among allies and partners as a way to demonstrate long-term commitment to strengthening relationships throughout South and Southeast Asia and to highlight U.S. Navy commitment to key Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) partners to reinforce ASEAN centrality. Exercises like this one reassure our allies and partners of the U.S. commitment to maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Deanna C. Gonzales)
VP-45 Participates in Resolute Dragon 2022
October 24, 2022
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