240710-N-CV021-1001 SOUTH CHINA SEA (July 10, 2024) Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83) conduct a replenishment-at-sea with Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo USNS Cesar Chavez (T-AKE-14) in the South China Sea, July 10. Howard is forward-deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Alexandria Esteban)
Naval planners from Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States met in Vancouver, Canada to coordinate the next year’s worth of surface navy operations in the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans.
U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships joined forces to conduct bilateral operations in the Philippine Sea, June 21, 2024.
The bilateral operations included the U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Izumo-class helicopter destroyer JS Izumo (DDH 183).
