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Three US Navy Carrier Strike Groups Transiting the Western Pacific with JMSDF Ships

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Naval Forces News - USA, Japan
 
 
 
Three US Navy Carrier Strike Groups Transiting the Western Pacific with JMSDF Ships
 
The U.S. Navy released pictures showing USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), USS Theodore Roosevelt and USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Strike Groups in transit in the Western Pacific with ships from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships JS Ise (DDH 182), JS Inazuma (DD 105), and JS Makinami (DD 112). The U.S. 7th Fleet is conducting a three-carrier strike force exercise in the Western Pacific, Nov 11-14.
     
Three US Navy Carrier Strike Groups Transiting Western Pacific JMSDF Ships 1(Nov. 12, 2017) The USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Strike Groups transit the Western Pacific with ships from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. The strike groups are underway and conducting operations in international waters as part of a three-carrier strike force exercise. The U.S. Navy has patrolled the Indo-Asia Pacific region routinely for more than 70 years promoting regional security, stability and prosperity. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 3rd Class Anthony Rivera/Released)
     
Units assigned to the strike force will conduct coordinated operations in international waters in order to demonstrate the U.S. Navy's unique capability to operate multiple carrier strike groups as a coordinated strike force effort.

While at sea, the strike force plans to conduct air defense drills, sea surveillance, replenishments at sea, defensive air combat training, close-in coordinated maneuvers, and other training.This is the first time that three carrier strike groups have operated together in the Western Pacific since exercises Valiant Shield 2006 and 2007 off the coast of Guam. Both exercises focused on the ability to rapidly bring together forces from three strike groups in response to any regional situation. Ronald Reagan took part in VS 2006 and Nimitz took part in VS 2007. More recently, U.S. Navy aircraft carriers have conducted dual carrier strike group operations in the Western Pacific including in the South China Sea, East China Sea and Philippine Sea. These opportunities typically occur when strike groups deployed to the 7th Fleet area of operations from the West Coast of the United States are joined with the forward deployed carrier strike group from Japan.
     
Three US Navy Carrier Strike Groups Transiting Western Pacific JMSDF Ships 2(Nov. 12, 2017) The USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Strike Groups transit the Western Pacific with ships from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. The strike groups are underway and conducting operations in international waters as part of a three-carrier strike force exercise. The U.S. Navy has patrolled the Indo-Asia Pacific region routinely for more than 70 years promoting regional security, stability and prosperity. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 3rd Class Anthony Rivera/Released)
     
For more than 70 years, the U.S. Pacific Fleet has been a persistent and stabilizing presence conducting operations throughout the region. The Fleet is just as committed to maintaining those security commitments for the next 70 years.
     
Three US Navy Carrier Strike Groups Transiting Western Pacific JMSDF Ships 3This formation represents approximately 130 F-18 fighters, 12 Hawkeyes AEW aircraft, 200 Tomahawks and 450 surface to air missiles. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 3rd Class Anthony Rivera/Released)