Story by Lt.Cmdr. John Mike | Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7 | 09.10.2025
OKINAWA, Japan – Adm. Steve Koehler, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, visited Commander, Task Force (CTF) 76 Sailors and Marines, on White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 10, 2025. Koehler met with CTF 76 leadership to discuss the America Expeditionary Strike Group’s recent Western Pacific patrol, where they worked with allies and partner nations to enhance interoperability,......
Story by Maj. George McArthur | 3d Marine Expeditionary Brigade | 02.13.2024
KUMAMOTO, JAPAN – The Western Army, Japan Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF), and U.S. Task Force 76/3 (TF 76/3) completed simulated operations in a bilateral coordination node here as a part of exercise Keen Edge 24, February 8....
Courtesy Story | 3d Marine Expeditionary Brigade | 10.01.2022
Task Force 76/3 will conduct operations for the first time during Noble Fusion 22.2 starting Oct. 1, 2022. Task Force 76/3 recently formed as a result of merging the staffs of Navy's Task Force 76, Seventh Fleet, and 3d Marine Expeditionary Brigade, III Marine Expeditionary Force....
Courtesy Story | USS America (LHA 6) | 07.16.2022
SASEBO, Japan - Rear Adm. Derek A. Trinque, commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7, visited the forward-deployed amphibious assault carrier USS America (LHA 6), July 15, 2022....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Gregory Pickett II | Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7 | 05.23.2022
SEA OF JAPAN -- Ships assigned to Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 7 participated in integrated mine-countermeasure training exercise Noble Vanguard May 12 to 21....
Courtesy Story | Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7 | 02.10.2022
The Naval Information Forces (NAVIFOR) Deploying Group System Integration Testing (DGSIT) Pacific team embarked ships assigned to Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 7 and Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON) 11, to test the interoperability of all Navy and Marine Corps computers and communications systems and networks aboard, Jan. 24-29, ....
Courtesy Story | Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7 | 01.31.2022
PHILIPPINE SEA – The Navy and Marine Corps “blue-green team” composed of Commander Task Force Seventy-Six (CTF 76)/Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 7 is underway with the embarked 31st and 11th Marine Expeditionary Units (MEUs), for training and operations in the Indo-Pacific region....
Story by Lt. Bryan Newkirk | Commander, Mine Countermeasures Group 7 | 11.23.2021
MIYAZAKI, Japan – The U.S. Navy and Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), conducted Mine Warfare Exercise (MIWEX) 3JA 2021 off the coast of southeastern Japan....
