From left: a U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), Royal Australian Navy Anzac-class frigate HMAS Toowoomba (FFH 156), Philippine Coast Guard Teresa Magbanua-class patrol vessel BRP Melchora Aquino (MRRV-9702), and U.S. Navy Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) conduct a group sail during a multilateral exercise with the Armed Forces of the Philippines and Royal Australian Navy in the Sulu Sea, April 13, 2026. U.S. 7th Fleet, the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Nicholas Douglass)
| Date Taken: | 04.12.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 04.14.2026 02:55 |
| Photo ID: | 9613295 |
| VIRIN: | 260413-N-BW367-1494 |
| Resolution: | 4928x3280 |
| Size: | 2.47 MB |
| Location: | SULU SEA |
| Web Views: | 25 |
| Downloads: | 1 |
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