VALAPARAISO, Chile

Adm. Steve Koehler, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, right, meets with Vice Adm. Mauricio Arenas, commander of naval operations, Chilean Navy, left, at the Chilean Navy’s Naval Operations Command 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, center right, Adm. Juan Andres De La Maza, commander-in-chief, Chilean Navy, center left, and their respective staffs pose for a photo during a tour of the Chilean Navy’s Naval Operations Command 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: Adm. Juan Andres De La Maza, commander-in-chief, Chilean Navy, Adm. Steve Koehler, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, and Vice Adm. Mauricio Arenas, commander of naval operations, Chilean Navy, pose for a photo during a tour of the Chilean Navy’s Naval Operations Command 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 Navy Capt. Juan Pablo Castro Brahm, director of Arturo Prat Naval Academy, left, gives a tour to Adm. Steve Koehler, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 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, right, signs the guest book following a meeting with Capt. Juan Pablo Castro Brahm, director of 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, right, meets with Chilean midshipmen, whom have previously studied at the U.S. Naval Academy, 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, 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