INDIAN OCEAN (July 21, 2020) Sailors assigned to the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) conduct flight operations and steams alongside their Indian Navy counterparts in the Indian Ocean. The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, consisting of flagship USS Nimitz (CVN 68), Princeton and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Sterett…

Raven B operators conduct training with the small unmanned aircraft system at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Raven Bs provide real-time aerial intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and enhance the 379th ESFS's force protection mission capabilities. QATAR 07.09.2020 Video by Senior Airman Olivia Grooms 379th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs

U.S. Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing conduct external lifts with a M777 155mm howitzer from a CH-53E Super Stallion in support of Exercise Summer Fury 20 at Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, Calif., July 14, 2020. The exercise focused on long-range strikes from fixed-wing…

HMA Ships Hobart, Stuart, Arunta and Sirius, which have been part of the Regional Presence Deployment through Southeast Asia and the Pacific, will take part in Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2020 (RIMPAC). In light of COVID-19 concerns, RIMPAC will be an at-sea-only event, developed to ensure the safety of…

The Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf (WMSL 750) participates in a Western Pacific deployment under the tactical control of the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet, March - July 2019. Bertholf's crew engaged in joint exercises with partner coast guard and navies while patrolling the region. Bertholf made international port calls to Yokosuka,…

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), and USS Nimitz (CVN 68) continue dual carrier operations. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, as well as the collective maritime interests of its allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region.…