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USS Tripoli and its Embarked Aircraft Go Nocturnal

An F-35B Lightning II aircraft assigned to Marine Strike Fighter Squadron (VMFA) 121 launches from the flight deck of amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), June 29, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region.
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USS Tripoli Hosts Japan Self-Defense Force Flag/General Officers

Members of Japan Self-Defense Force disembark an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 on the flight deck aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), June 3, 2022. Tripoli is conducting routine operations in U.S. 7th Fleet.
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U.S. Coast Guard supports Pacific Partnership 2022 in Solomon Islands

The Solomon Islands hosted the Pacific Partnership’s Humanitarian Assistance Response Training (HART), a multi-day international humanitarian aid and disaster relief workshop and exercise, in early September.
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USS Sampson Change of Command

Commanding Officer Cmdr. Adam Soukup salutes side boys during the Change of Command ceremony for the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102). Sampson is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with alliances and partnerships while serving as a ready-response force in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region.
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MRF-D and the ADF Welcome Joint Medical Leaders to Darwin

From left, U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Michael L. Place, command surgeon, U.S. Army Pacific Command, U.S. Navy Adm. Pamala C. Miller, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command surgeon, and Col. Christopher T. Steele, commanding officer of Marine Rotational Force-Darwin 22, pose for a photo during a tour at Larrakeyah Defence Precinct, Darwin, NT, Australia, April 28, 2022. Miller and Place visited Darwin to gain a better understanding of Australian medical capabilities. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by pl. Kayla D. Treviño)
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USS Springfield Sailors Volunteer at Food Bank in Australia

Michael Goldman, Charge d’Affaires at the United States Embassy to Australia, center, and U.S. Consul General David Gainer, right, talk with a Sailor assigned to the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Springfield (SSN 761) at the hunger relief organization Foodbank WA, April 27. Springfield is visiting Perth, Western Australia as part of a routine deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations.
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JBPHH Chiefs Mess Hosts Prospective Coast Guard Chief Petty Officers

U.S. Coast Guard consolidated chiefs mess participated in a meet and greet hosted by the Oahu U.S. Navy chiefs mess at the Beeman Center onboard Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, April 15. This event is part of this year’s Coast Guard Chiefs Call To Initiation (CCTI), a voluntary process that mirrors that of the Navy’s Chief Petty Officer (CPO) initiation season following advancement to the paygrade of E7.
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Submarine Group 7 Holds Change of Command Ceremony

Rear Adm. Rick Seif, right, relieves Rear Adm. Butch Dollaga, left, as commander, Submarine Group 7 during the Submarine Group 7 change of command ceremony at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, on April 13, 2022. Submarine Group 7 directs forward-deployed, combat capable forces across the full spectrum of undersea warfare throughout the Western Pacific, Indian Ocean, and Arabian Sea.
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Patrol Squadron (VP) 47 hosts Submarine Group (CSG) Seven Staff for Familiarization Flights

NAVAL AIR FACILITY ATSUGI, Japan (Feb. 24, 2022) – Cmdr. Joel P. Martinez, second from left, commanding officer for the “Golden Swordsmen” of Patrol Squadron (VP) 47, speaks with personnel from Commander, Submarine Group (CSG) 7 following a P-8A Poseidon familiarization flight, Feb. 24. VP-47 is currently deployed to NAF Misawa, Japan conducting maritime patrol and reconnaissance and theater outreach operations within the U.S. 7th Fleet (C7F) area of operations in support of Commander, Task Force 72, C7F, and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command objectives throughout the region.
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USS Chafee Returns Home to Pearl Harbor after Eight-Month Deployment

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90), a part of the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group, returns to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Feb. 19, after an eight-month deployment to U.S. 3rd and 7th Fleets. The strike group operated alongside multiple partners, allies and carrier strike groups in heavily navigated waters, including the South China Sea and Philippine Sea, in support of regional stability and a free and open Indo-Pacific
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U.S. Marines team up with Army Special Forces, Navy SEALs to conduct CAS training

U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Joshua Wilson, front, a joint terminal attack controller instructor with 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO), III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, and U.S. Army Special Forces operators with 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), conduct simulated close air support (CAS) using handheld Link 16 radios at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, Japan, Feb. 15, 2022. The training focused on the joint force’s ability to integrate and refine tactics of CAS, which requires detailed planning and careful coordination between pilots and forces on the ground
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DOD Officials Discuss Advancements in Joint All-Domain Command, Control

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Collin Bish, landing support and air delivery officer in charge, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and Lance Cpl. Angel D. Marmolejo, a transmission system operator with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st MEU, establish a communications network while participating in mass casualty response training on Ie Shima, Feb. 10, 2022. The mass casualty response mission allows the 31st MEU to reach victims of an attack, natural disaster or other emergent events when local medical and reactionary forces are unable to provide proper medical care. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the Expeditionary Strike Group in the 7th fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners, and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.
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Yokota Airmen conduct annual Aircraft Arresting System certification

A Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to the Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 27 “Royal Maces” deploys a J-Hook to engage the Aircraft Arresting System (AAS), during an annual certification test of the flightline BAK-12 barrier, AAS at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Feb. 4, 2022. The AAS utilizes the arresting hooks attached to the tail of an aircraft to safely decelerate and stop the aircraft when needed to land in short distances. Ensuring the BAK-12 is fully functional through certification testing reinforces Yokota’s multi-capable presence in the Indo-Pacific region.
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First Responders | Navy Corpsmen provide first aid care to Republic of Korea citizen

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Douglas R. Burke, commanding officer of Marine Logistics Group-Forward, awards a challenge coin to Hospital Corpsman Petty Officer 3rd Class Tyler Van Iderstine, with Combat Logistics Regiment 37, MLG-FWD, October 23, 2021. HM3 Van Iderstine was awarded the challenge coin for responding to the scene of a vehicle accident and providing first aid to a Republic of Korea citizen, October 19, 2021. MLG-FWD, operating out of Camp Mujuk, Republic of Korea, serves as 3d MLG’s command and control node in support of the Korea Marine Exercise Program which fully integrates with the Republic of Korea MLG and U.S. Marine Corps higher, adjacent, and subordinate units in the Korean Theater of Operations.
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7th Fleet conducts Freedom of Navigation Operation

SOUTH CHINA SEA (July 12, 2021) Lt.j.g. Andrew Hayne, from Parker, Colo., uses binoculars to monitor a surface contact from the bridge wing of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) while conducting routine underway operations. Benfold is forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.
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Fleet Week Japan Brings Americans, Japanese Partnership to New Heights

Vice Adm. Ryo Sakai, Japan Marine Self Defense Force, Commandant Yokosuka District and Rear Adm. Brian P. Fort, Commander Naval Forces Japan, Commander Navy Region Japan, pose for a photo with Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) May 12. The two admirals met to discuss and promote the first Fleet Week Japan - Fleet Week New York Navy Sea Legs Fitness Challenge. During Fleet Week New York, participants will be encouraged to exercise their “sea legs”, with a different landmark chosen each day. The events will range from climbing the height of the Statue of Liberty (354 steps) to climbing the equivalent of Mount Fuji (19,600 steps)
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Admiral Offers Vision for Indo-Pacific

Amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18), amphibious landing dock ship USS Ashland (LSD 48), a landing craft air cushion assigned to Naval Beach Unit 7 and Palau Bureau of Maritime Security patrol boat PSS President H.I. Remeliik II patrol the Philippine Sea in formation. New Orleans and Ashland, part of the America Amphibious Ready Group, along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, are operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.
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7th Fleet Destroyer Transits Taiwan Strait

Fire Controlman (Aeigis) 2nd Class Pavel Gorski, from St. Petersburg, Fla. writes in a watch log aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54). Curtis Wilbur is assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy's largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet's principal surface force.
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 23, 2021) – An F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to the “Black Knights” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 154, takes off from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Jan. 23, 2021. The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. As the U.S. Navy's largest forward deployed fleet, with its approximate 50-70 ships and submarines, 140 aircraft, and 20,000 Sailors in the area of operations at any given time, 7th Fleet conducts forward-deployed naval operations in support of U.S. national interests throughout a free and open Indo-Pacific area of operations to foster maritime security, promote stability, and prevent conflict alongside 35 other maritime nations and partners.
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 23, 2021) – An F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to the “Black Knights” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 154, takes off from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Jan. 23, 2021. The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. As the U.S. Navy's largest forward deployed fleet, with its approximate 50-70 ships and submarines, 140 aircraft, and 20,000 Sailors in the area of operations at any given time, 7th Fleet conducts forward-deployed naval operations in support of U.S. national interests throughout a free and open Indo-Pacific area of operations to foster maritime security, promote stability, and prevent conflict alongside 35 other maritime nations and partners.
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