VALAPARAISO, Chile

Adm. Steve Koehler, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, left, meets with Chilean Navy Capt. Juan Pablo Castro Brahm, director of Arturo Prat Naval Academy, at the Academy’s museum in Valparaiso, Chile, March 18, 2025. The visit to Chile underscored the United States’ commitment to strengthening deterrence alongside our allies and partners to maintain a secure and prosperous Indo-Pacific. (Photo courtesy of the Chilean Navy) Share

VALAPARAISO, Chile

From left to right: Rear Adm. Alberto Guerrero, director of programs, research, and development of the Navy, Chilean Navy, Capt. Juan Pablo Castro Brahm, director of Arturo Prat Naval Academy, Chilean Navy, Adm. Steve Koehler, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, and members of Koehler’s staff pose for a photo at the Arturo Prat Naval Academy in Valparaiso, Chile, March 18, 2025. The visit to Chile underscored the United States’ commitment to strengthening deterrence alongside our allies and partners to maintain a secure and prosperous Indo-Pacific. (Photo courtesy of the Chilean Navy) Share

VALAPARAISO, Chile

Adm. Steve Koehler, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, left, meets with Chilean Navy Capt. Juan Pablo Castro Brahm, director of Arturo Prat Naval Academy, in Valparaiso, Chile, March 18, 2025. The visit to Chile underscored the United States’ commitment to strengthening deterrence alongside our allies and partners to maintain a secure and prosperous Indo-Pacific. (Photo courtesy of the Chilean Navy) Share

VALAPARAISO, Chile

Chilean cadets, right, render honors to Adm. Steve Koehler, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, during a visit to the Arturo Prat Naval Academy in Valparaiso, Chile, March 18, 2025. The visit to Chile underscored the United States’ commitment to strengthening deterrence alongside our allies and partners to maintain a secure and prosperous Indo-Pacific. (Photo courtesy of the Chilean Navy) Share

Yokosuka

Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Michael Jones, left, from Belle Glade, Florida, assigned to supply department’s food service division, and Airman Ricardo Lizarraga-Aragon, from El Cajon, California, assigned to security department aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) participates in an anti-terrorism training team drill while moored pierside at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, March 19, 2025. 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 Kaleb C. Birch) Share

Sea of Japan

250315-N-BT947-1294 SEA OF JAPAN (March 15, 2025) An EA-18G Growler, assigned to the “Gauntlets” of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 136 launches from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) during a replenishment-at-sea with the Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler USNS Guadalupe (T-AO 200) and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59), March 15, 2025. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jacob I. Allison) Share

At Sea

250318-N-GC571-1044 AT SEA (March 18, 2025) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), center, sails in formation with the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59), Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Sterett (DDG 104) and USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114), Sejong the Great-class destroyer ROKS Sejong the Great (DDG 991), Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer ROKS Dae Jo-yeong (DDH 977), and Murasame-class destroyer JS Ikazuchi (DD 107) at sea during a trilateral naval exercise, March 18, 2025. Trilateral exercises between the U.S. Navy, ROK Navy, and JMSDF continue to advance combined naval interoperability, ensure our militaries and self-defense forces can operate together against any threat, and demonstrate combined commitment to a secure and prosperous Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Pablo Chavez) Share

At Sea

250318-N-GC571-1009 AT SEA (March 18, 2025) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), left, sails in formation with the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59), Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Sterett (DDG 104) and USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114), Sejong the Great-class destroyer ROKS Sejong the Great (DDG 991), Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer ROKS Dae Jo-yeong (DDH 977), and Murasame-class destroyer JS Ikazuchi (DD 107) at sea during a trilateral naval exercise, March 18, 2025. Trilateral exercises between the U.S. Navy, ROK Navy, and JMSDF continue to advance combined naval interoperability, ensure our militaries and self-defense forces can operate together against any threat, and demonstrate combined commitment to a secure and prosperous Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Pablo Chavez) Share

At Sea

250318-N-GC571-1033 AT SEA (March 18, 2025) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), center, sails in formation with the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59), Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Sterett (DDG 104) and USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114), Sejong the Great-class destroyer ROKS Sejong the Great (DDG 991), Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer ROKS Dae Jo-yeong (DDH 977), and Murasame-class destroyer JS Ikazuchi (DD 107) at sea during a trilateral naval exercise, March 18, 2025. Trilateral exercises between the U.S. Navy, ROK Navy, and JMSDF continue to advance combined naval interoperability, ensure our militaries and self-defense forces can operate together against any threat, and demonstrate combined commitment to a secure and prosperous Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Pablo Chavez) Share

At Sea

250318-N-GC571-1016 AT SEA (March 18, 2025) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), center, sails in formation with the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59), Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Sterett (DDG 104) and USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114), Sejong the Great-class destroyer ROKS Sejong the Great (DDG 991), Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer ROKS Dae Jo-yeong (DDH 977), and Murasame-class destroyer JS Ikazuchi (DD 107) at sea during a trilateral naval exercise, March 18, 2025. Trilateral exercises between the U.S. Navy, ROK Navy, and JMSDF continue to advance combined naval interoperability, ensure our militaries and self-defense forces can operate together against any threat, and demonstrate combined commitment to a secure and prosperous Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Pablo Chavez) Share

PACIFIC OCEAN

Cmdr. Gerald Mauer, commanding officer of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108), conducts a review of navigational charts in the Pacific Ocean, March 17, 2025. Wayne E. Meyer is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Charles J. Scudella III) (This photo has been altered for security purposes by blurring out screens.) Share

Naval Air Station Fallon, Calif.

Naval Aviators and Aircrew at the Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center (NAWDC) conduct flight operations at Naval Air Station Fallon, undeterred by heavy rain and overcast skies. NAWDC serves as the cornerstone of Naval Aviation’s combat readiness—where warfighters refine their skills to enhance lethality, effectiveness, and mission success in high-threat environments. (U.S. Navy photo by Photographer Edgar Montano) Share