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USS Savannah Arrives in Sihanoukville, Cambodia After Eight Years
December 16, 2024
JMSDF Fleet Air Force, U.S. Navy’s Task Force 70 sign memorandum to increase bilateral electronic attack capability
December 9, 2024
NAVAL AIR FACILITY ATSUGI (Dec. 6, 2024) Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Vice Adm. Koji Kaneshima, Commander, Fleet Air Force (CFAF), right, and U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Greg Newkirk, Commander, Task Force (CTF) 70, pose for a photo after signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to increase bilateral operations between the forces’ electronic attack squadrons, at the CFAF headquarters aboard Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan, Dec. 6. The MOU represented a pledge between the two commanders to increase bilateral operations and training between the JMSDF Air Reconnaissance Squadron (VQ) 81 and CTF 70 electronic attack assets. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Caroline H. Lui)
7th Fleet Conducts Freedom of Navigation Operation
December 6, 2024
SOUTH CHINA SEA (Dec. 6, 2024) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) transits the South China Sea during routine underway operations, Dec. 6, 2024. Preble 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 1st Class Ryre Arciaga)
Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity within the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone
December 5, 2024
7th Fleet Aircraft Transits Taiwan Strait
November 26, 2024
CARAT Brunei 2024 Concludes
November 25, 2024
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei (Nov. 25, 2024) – Sailors assigned to the U.S. 7th Fleet Band perform alongside the Royal Brunei Armed Forces Band during the closing ceremony of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Brunei 2024 at Wira Seni Hall, RBAF Band, Bolkiah Garrison, Brunei, Nov. 25. This year marks the 30th iteration of CARAT, a multinational exercise series designed to enhance U.S. and partner navies’ abilities to operate together in response to traditional and non-traditional maritime security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Zachary Grooman)
George Washington Returns to Yokosuka
November 21, 2024
241122-N-WM182-2031 YOKOSUKA, Japan (Nov. 22, 2024) The Nimitz class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) arrives in Yokosuka, Nov. 22, 2024. George Washington is 7th Fleet’s premier forward-deployed aircraft carrier, a long-standing symbol of the United States’ commitment to maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific region, while operating alongside Allies and partners across the U.S. Navy’s largest numbered fleet. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Caitlin Flynn)
US Navy and Royal Brunei Armed Forces Commence CARAT Brunei 2024
November 20, 2024
241118-N-CU072-1034 MUARA, Brunei (Nov 18, 2024) – U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Katie Sheldon, Vice Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, meets with Capt. Sahibul Bahari Bin Haji Zainal Abidin, Royal Brunei Navy Fleet Commander, and members of the Royal Brunei Navy during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training Brunei 2024 November 18th. This year marks the 30th iteration of CARAT, a multinational exercise series designed to enhance U.S. and partner navies’ abilities to operate together in response to traditional and non-traditional maritime security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sean Lynch)
Japan-ROK-U.S conduct second Exercise Freedom Edge
November 13, 2024
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Higgins (DDG 76), USS McCampbell (DDG 85) and USS Dewey (DDG 105), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Maya-class guided-missile destroyer JS Haguro (DDH 180), Republic of Korea Navy Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin (DDH-975), and Sejong the Great-class destroyer ROKS Seoae Ryu Seong-ryong (DDG 993) steam in formation as aircrafts assigned to Carrier Air Wing 5, U.S. Air Force, Japan Air Self-Defense Force, and Republic of Korea Air Force fly over the formation during Freedom Edge 24-2 in the East China Sea, Nov. 13, 2024. Freedom Edge demonstrates a new era of trilateral cooperation to ensure peace and stability in the Korean Peninsula and the Indo-Pacific. George Washington is 7th Fleet’s premier forward-deployed aircraft carrier, a long-standing symbol of the United States’ commitment to maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific region, while operating alongside Allies and partners across the U.S. Navy’s largest numbered fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Geoffrey L. Ottinger)
U.S. and Malaysian Armed Forces Deepen Cooperation through CARAT Malaysia 2024
November 6, 2024
LUMUT, Malaysia (Nov, 5, 2024) U.S. Navy Capt. Pasit Somboonpakron, defense attché to U.S. Embassy Kuala Lumpur, middle, speaks with members of the Royal Malaysian Navy at the closing ceremony of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Malaysia 2024, Nov. 5. CARAT Malaysia 2024 is a biennial exercise that seeks to enhance collaboration focused on shared maritime security challenges in the region. In its 30th year, CARAT 2024 highlights the longstanding role of regular collaboration as a credible venue for regional Allies and partners to address shared maritime security priorities. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Hannah Fry/Released)
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