USS Gabrielle Giffords steams in... 10.17.23 | LTJG Rebecca Moore | COMDESRON7 231017-N-UW931-2513 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Oct. 17, 2023) Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10), rear, and the...
7th Fleet Cruiser conducts Freedom of... 11.29.22 | CPO Amanda Kitchner | USNF-7F 221129-N-YS413-2006 SPRATLEY ISLANDS, South China Sea (Nov. 29, 2022) Seaman Robert Torres, from Orlando, Florida, scans for surface contacts on...
USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), USS Shiloh (CG... 11.04.21 | PO1 Tyler Fraser | CVN70 211104-N-HH215-1322 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Nov. 4, 2021) Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67), Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS...
Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group Transits... 09.12.21 | PO1 Haydn Smith | CVN70 210913-N-HS181-1248 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Sept. 13, 2021) Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) transits the South China Sea, Sept....
Watch Standers on the Bridge 06.15.21 | PO2 Jaimar Carson Bondurant | TF70CSF-5 SOUTH CHINA SEA (June 15, 2021) – Seaman Jardin Keyser, from Suffolk, Va., conducts watch stander duties aboard the Arleigh Burke-class...
Theodore Roosevelt and Makin Island... 04.09.21 | PO3 Faith McCollum | SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 9, 2021) – The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group transits in formation with the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group...
Unprofessional Intercept of U.S. B-52... 10.24.23 | Courtesy Video | INDOPACOM 231024-F-N0132-1000 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Oct. 24, 2023) A People’s Republic of China J-11 pilot executed an unsafe intercept of a U.S. Air Force...
USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Transits South... 10.08.21 | PO2 Emily Bennett | CVN70 211008-N-TY704-2001 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Oct. 8, 2021) Sailors conduct operations on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson...
USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), USS Lake... 10.08.21 | PO2 Megan Alexander | CVN70 211008-N-YN807-2001 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Oct. 8, 2021) Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) transits with Nimitz-class...
USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Transits South... 10.08.21 | PO2 Nicholas Carter | CVN70 211008-N-RB149-2001 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Oct. 8, 2021) Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) transits the South China Sea, Oct. 8,...
USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Conducts Routine... 07.19.25 | SN Amber Rivette | CVN70 250719-N-CT713-1243 SOUTH CHINA SEA (July 19, 2025) Sailors simulate self-defense under the effects of pepper spray during a security evaluation...
USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Conducts Routine... 07.19.25 | SN Amber Rivette | CVN70 250719-N-CT713-1202 SOUTH CHINA SEA (July 19, 2025) Sailors simulate self-defense under the effects of pepper spray during a security evaluation...
USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Conducts Routine... 07.19.25 | SN Amber Rivette | CVN70 250719-N-CT713-1042 SOUTH CHINA SEA (July 19, 2025) Sailors simulate self-defense under the effects of pepper spray during a security evaluation...
USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Conducts Routine... 07.19.25 | SN Amber Rivette | CVN70 250719-N-CT713-1027 SOUTH CHINA SEA (July 19, 2025) Sailors simulate self-defense under the effects of pepper spray during a security evaluation...
Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group Conducts... 12.27.23 | ENS Valentine Mulango | CSG1 U.S. Navy Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1 led by its flagship, Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), is operating in the South...
USS Nimitz Records 350,000th Arrested Landing 04.22.23 | PO1 Eduardo T Otero | CVN68 USS Nimitz (CVN 68), the oldest-serving U.S commissioned aircraft carrier in the world, successfully completed its 350,000th arrested aircraft...
7th Fleet Cruiser conducts Freedom of... 11.29.22 | CPO Amanda Kitchner | USNF-7F On November 29, 2022, USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) asserted navigational rights and freedoms in the South China Sea near the Spratly Islands,...
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and... 10.25.21 | LCDR Miranda Williams | CVN70 SOUTH CHINA SEA - Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Izumo-class helicopter destroyer JS Kaga (DDH 184) and U.S. Navy Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1...
The Dragon’s Wing 08.01.22 | Ernest Gunasekara-Rockwell | AUPAM Dr. Xiaobing Li, "The Dragon’s Wing: The People’s Liberation Army Air Force’s Strategy," Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs 5, no. 4...
Winning in the South China Sea 08.01.22 | Ernest Gunasekara-Rockwell | AUPAM LtCol Michal Carlson, USMC, "Winning in the South China Sea: Lessons Learned from Recent Wars Provide the Blueprint for the US Marine Corps to...
The Growing Importance of Vietnam to... 04.01.22 | Ernest Gunasekara-Rockwell | AUPAM India has proactively engaged in the South China Sea, notably via boosting its naval presence and forging ties with Vietnam despite China·s...
Pacific Pulse: November 2, 2021 11.01.21 | LCpl John Hall | MC-J On this Pacific Pulse, U.S. and Japan form a surface action group in the South China Sea, U.S. does combat casualty care training with officers...
