Dzirhan Mahadzir

An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to the ‘Royal Maces’ of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 27, lands on the flight deck of USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), during flight operations in support of Valiant Shield 2024 in the Philippine Sea, June 7, 2024. US Navy Photo

The Theodore Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Groups conducted separate group sails on Friday in the South China Sea and Philippine Sea with partner nations to kick off the Valiant Shield 2024 exercise. Meanwhile, also on Friday, the Netherlands Defence Ministry accused Chinese attack aircraft and an attack helicopter of harassing a Royal Netherlands Navy helicopter operating from a frigate in the East China Sea monitoring North Korea for UN maritime sanctions violations. In the Philippine Sea on Friday, carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), together with U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19), cruiser USS Robert Smalls (CG-62),

An MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) assigned to Unmanned Patrol Squadron 19 (VUP-19), taxis after landing on Andersen Air Force Base. VUP-19, the first Triton unmanned aircraft systems squadron, will operate and maintain aircraft in Guam as part of the MQ-4C on Aug. 4, 2023. US Navy Photo

A Russian intelligence ship transited through a Japanese Strait on Friday according to a Joint Staff Office release. Meanwhile, Japan plans to begin in July a deep-sea search for the wreckage of two Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force SH-60K helicopters that collided with each other in April during a training exercise.

Lt. David Escalera from Davidsonville, Md., stands watch in the combat information center (CIC) of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG-76) during a training exercise in support of Valiant Shield 2024. US Navy Photo

Carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) pulled into Guam on Wednesday for a port visit after wrapping up exercise Valiant Shield 2024 which ended on Tuesday. Meanwhile the Russian Navy Pacific Fleet on Tuesday began drills with the joint command of troops and forces in the north-east of the Russian Federation. Meanwhile Japan’s Joint Staff Office (JSO) has issued reports on the separated movements of Russian and Chinese ships around Japan this week. Ronald Reagan docked into Naval Base Guam on Wednesday as part of a scheduled port visit, according to the U.S. Defense Department on DVIDS. The carrier had been participating

Russia and North Korea on Wednesday signed a comprehensive strategic partnership treaty that included both countries pledging to assist each other if attacked, a move condemned by South Korea, which said it is now reconsidering its policy of providing Ukraine with only nonlethal equipment. Meanwhile, on Wednesday, three Republic of Korea Navy’s (ROKN) six P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) returned home to South Korea after completion of training in the United States, with the remaining three returning by the end of this month. The Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership was signed in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang on

The Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) two Supply-class fleet replenishment oilers are now out of service, with Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles confirming on Friday that HMAS Stalwart (A304) is now nonoperational following engine defects, joining sister ship HMAS Supply (A195) ,which has been nonoperational since March 2023. Meanwhile, Marine Rotational Force-Darwin wrapped up drills with an RAN amphibious ship on Thursday. In a press conference on Friday at Osborne Shipyard, Adelaide, Marles said that Supply has had issues that are well known and that his ministry was now aware of issues emerging from Stalwart. “ And

USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) conducts a replenishment-at-sea with the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG-114), June 11, 2024. US Navy Photo

The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (CSG) will depart Busan on Wednesday to take part in the inaugural U.S.-South Korea-Japan multi-domain exercise Freedom Edge said Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday during a visit of carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71). Meanwhile, the U.S. Marine Corps and Japan Ground Self Defense Force have announced that they will carry out joint drills around Japan’s southwest islands that will begin on Friday while People’s Liberation Army Navy Dongdiao class surveillance ships and a Chinese unmanned aerial vehicle have been sighted operating around Japan. On Tuesday, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol visited