11 December 2025 USFK Tests Information Operations Wargame, Sharpen Regional Strategy and Deepen Understanding SOUTH KOREA — In October, Col. Matt Beall, director, Information Operations for United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command, and U.S. Forces Korea (USFK), oversaw the final testing of an Operations in the Information Environment (OIE) Wargame. The game was developed in collaboration with the...
11 December 2025 CNMI, DoW leaders convene Stakeholders Meeting in Saipan, public meeting in Tinian SAIPAN, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands — Executive and agency leaders from the Department of War and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands government gathered for the CNMI Stakeholders Meeting in Garapan, Saipan, Dec. 4-5...
11 December 2025 USS Tripoli, USS Robert Smalls arrive in Da Nang, Vietnam DA NANG, Vietnam – Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Robert Smalls (CG 62) and America-class amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7) with embarked elements of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON) 11 and Commander, Task Force (CTF) 76 arrived in Da...
11 December 2025 Push ceremony sets the OCD25 season in motion TOKYO, Japan — Leadership from the U.S. Air Force, partnering nations and community members gathered for a traditional “push ceremony” that marks the official beginning of Operation Christmas Drop 2025 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 8, 2025...
11 December 2025 Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group arrives in Guam APRA HARBOR, Guam — Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 3, surface ships from Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG), and the embarked staffs of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 and Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 21, arrived for a scheduled...
11 December 2025 The Philippines and the U.S. Conduct Bilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity SOUTH CHINA SEA — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the U.S. Navy, conducted a bilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity (MCA) within the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone, demonstrating a collective commitment to strengthen regional and international cooperation in support of a free...
11 December 2025 U.S., ROK Navies Strengthen Combined Undersea Warfare During Silent Shark 2025 NAVAL BASE GUAM — The U.S. Navy and Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy successfully completed the biennial theater anti-submarine warfare (TASW) exercise Silent Shark 2025 in Guam, Dec. 11. Organized by Commander, Submarine Group 7 (CSG-7), Silent Shark is a long-standing bilateral exercise designed to...
10 December 2025 U.S. Navy reunites with ASEAN for second-ever AUMX BATAM, Indonesia — Commander, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 7 maritime staff elements, and defense officials from members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) convened in Batam, for the second ASEAN-U.S. Maritime Exercise (AUMX), Dec. 10...
10 December 2025 USNMRTC Yokosuka Enhances Joint Readiness During Big Rescue Kanagawa 2025 JOGASHIMA PARK, Japan — U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC) Yokosuka joined more than a dozen U.S. and Japanese military, governmental, and civilian organizations Nov. 9 during Big Rescue Kanagawa 2025, one of Japan’s largest annual disaster-response exercises.Hosted by the...
10 December 2025 U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, Malaysian Armed Forces conclude CARAT 2025 LUMUT, Malaysia — U.S. Navy Sailors and U.S. Marine Corps Marines reunited with the Royal Malaysian Navy in Lumut, to execute Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Malaysia 2025, Dec. 4-10, 2025...
11 December 2025 USFK Tests Information Operations Wargame, Sharpen Regional Strategy and Deepen Understanding SOUTH KOREA — In October, Col. Matt Beall, director, Information Operations for United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command, and U.S. Forces Korea (USFK), oversaw the final testing of an Operations in the Information Environment (OIE) Wargame. The game was developed in collaboration with the...
11 December 2025 CNMI, DoW leaders convene Stakeholders Meeting in Saipan, public meeting in Tinian SAIPAN, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands — Executive and agency leaders from the Department of War and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands government gathered for the CNMI Stakeholders Meeting in Garapan, Saipan, Dec. 4-5...
11 December 2025 USS Tripoli, USS Robert Smalls arrive in Da Nang, Vietnam DA NANG, Vietnam – Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Robert Smalls (CG 62) and America-class amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7) with embarked elements of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON) 11 and Commander, Task Force (CTF) 76 arrived in Da...
11 December 2025 Push ceremony sets the OCD25 season in motion TOKYO, Japan — Leadership from the U.S. Air Force, partnering nations and community members gathered for a traditional “push ceremony” that marks the official beginning of Operation Christmas Drop 2025 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 8, 2025...
11 December 2025 Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group arrives in Guam APRA HARBOR, Guam — Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 3, surface ships from Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG), and the embarked staffs of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 and Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 21, arrived for a scheduled...
11 December 2025 The Philippines and the U.S. Conduct Bilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity SOUTH CHINA SEA — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the U.S. Navy, conducted a bilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity (MCA) within the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone, demonstrating a collective commitment to strengthen regional and international cooperation in support of a free...
11 December 2025 U.S., ROK Navies Strengthen Combined Undersea Warfare During Silent Shark 2025 NAVAL BASE GUAM — The U.S. Navy and Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy successfully completed the biennial theater anti-submarine warfare (TASW) exercise Silent Shark 2025 in Guam, Dec. 11. Organized by Commander, Submarine Group 7 (CSG-7), Silent Shark is a long-standing bilateral exercise designed to...
10 December 2025 U.S. Navy reunites with ASEAN for second-ever AUMX BATAM, Indonesia — Commander, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 7 maritime staff elements, and defense officials from members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) convened in Batam, for the second ASEAN-U.S. Maritime Exercise (AUMX), Dec. 10...
10 December 2025 USNMRTC Yokosuka Enhances Joint Readiness During Big Rescue Kanagawa 2025 JOGASHIMA PARK, Japan — U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (USNMRTC) Yokosuka joined more than a dozen U.S. and Japanese military, governmental, and civilian organizations Nov. 9 during Big Rescue Kanagawa 2025, one of Japan’s largest annual disaster-response exercises.Hosted by the...
10 December 2025 U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, Malaysian Armed Forces conclude CARAT 2025 LUMUT, Malaysia — U.S. Navy Sailors and U.S. Marine Corps Marines reunited with the Royal Malaysian Navy in Lumut, to execute Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Malaysia 2025, Dec. 4-10, 2025...