Air Force F-22 Raptors arrived at Kadena Air Base, Japan, for a rotation designed to strengthen regional interoperability and maintain a persistent, high-tech presence in the Indo-Pacific...

QUEZON CITY, Philippines — As part of Exercise Balikatan 2026, senior enlisted leaders from the Armed Forces of the Philippines hosted the first Senior Enlisted Symposium, alongside senior enlisted leaders from the Philippines, the United States, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Canada and France at...

OKINAWA, Japan -- U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) departed Okinawa following a port visit, April 21, 2026. Blue Ridge’s last visit to Okinawa was in 2020. ...

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) departed Otaru, Japan, Feb. 10, following a successful multi-day port visit that strengthened the enduring alliance between the United States and Japan...

KUSHIRO, Japan — Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) departed Kushiro, Feb. 1, following a successful multi-day port visit that strengthened the enduring alliance between the United States and Japan...

YOKOSUKA, Japan — Commander, Submarine Group 7; U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH)Yokosuka; Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) Hospital Yokosuka; Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Undersea Medical Center; and the U.S. Naval Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance Center’s (SRF-JRMC) Navy...

Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), the flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 5, returned to Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka on Dec. 11 after completing operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations...

CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii — Japan, Republic of Korea, and the United States completed Freedom Edge 25, the premier trilateral multi-domain exercise between the three nations, Sept. 15-19...

OKINAWA, Japan – Adm. Steve Koehler, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, visited Commander, Task Force (CTF) 76 Sailors and Marines, on White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Sept. 10...

NIIGATA, Japan - The Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Warrior (MCM 10) departed Niigata, July 16, following a four-day port visit...

YOKOSUKA, Japan — USS Warrior (MCM 10), forward deployed to Sasebo, Japan, as part of the U.S. Seventh Fleet, arrived at Kobe, Japan, March 24, 2025, for a scheduled port visit...

Adm. Stephen Koehler, commander U.S. Pacific Fleet, visited Japan, April 15-16, 2024, to reaffirm the U.S.-Japan alliance as the cornerstone of peace, security, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific...

U.S. Navy’s Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1, led by its flagship, Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN), conducted a trilateral maritime exercise, demonstrating their commitment to bolstering regional security...

The U.S. Navy conducted a maritime exercise with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) in the South China Sea demonstrating the combined capabilities to counter regional threats, Dec. 7...

The U.S. Navy’s Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1 conducted a trilateral maritime exercise with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN), Nov. 26...

YOKOSUKA, Japan - The unmanned surface vessels (USVs) Ranger and Mariner from Unmanned Surface Vessel Division ONE (USVDIV-1) arrived at Fleet Activities Yokosuka on Sept. 18 as part of a scheduled port visit during Integrated Battle Problem (IBP) 23.2...

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Senior leadership from Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States defense services assembled together aboard the USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19), hosted by U.S. 7th Fleet, for the 2023 Information Warfare (IW) Waterfront Conference, Sept. 11-15...

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Pioneer (MCM 9) departed Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan, September 8, following a port call during routine operations and training in the region...

YOKOSUKA, Japan - The Ticonderoga-class guided missile-cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67) departed Yokosuka, Japan, on Sept. 5 to transit to its new homeport of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, as part of a planned rotation of forces in the Pacific...

AT SEA - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS Benfold conducted a trilateral ballistic missile defense exercise on Aug. 29, alongside Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Maya class destroyer JS Haguro, and Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy Sejong Daewang class destroyer ROKS Yulgok Yi I...