INDIAN OCEAN -- The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) conducted a live-fire exercise in the Indian Ocean March 12.Units from the strike group engaged inflatable surface targets with a variety of weapons systems. F/A-18E Super Hornets from the “Golden Warriors” of Strike Fighter...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. and Japanese defense and foreign affairs leaders agreed today that China's behavior has become more aggressive, and the U.S. and Japan will work together to counter China's destabilizing efforts.Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III...

MANILA, U.S. Embassy in the Philippines -- Representatives from the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Defense, and U.S. Coast Guard joined Philippine National Police – Maritime Group (PNP-MG) Director, Police Brigadier General John Mitchell Jamili, for the handover of Php3.65 million...

WASHINGTON -- The Indo-Pacific has always been a region of superlatives, but the terms have changed over the past decades.Now people talk about the Indo-Pacific being a "region of consequence," "the priority theater," or the "global economic engine."For decades, the U.S. military has recognized the...

SINGAPORE -- The U.S. Navy routinely conducts cooperative underway replenishments with partner nations throughout the 7th Fleet area of operations and one of the closest of those partners is the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).When it comes to planning and executing combined replenishment...