The Navy described the activities as coordinated strike groups of ships and aircraft carrying out exercises “in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.”
The exercises of the expeditionary strike force included tactical maneuvering and working out joint command, control and communications of the Navy and Marine forces, the Navy said.
The strike groups include a squadron of MV-22 tilt-rotor transports and some 2,200 Marines of the 15th Marines Expeditionary Unit, an air-ground task force used for rapid-response military operations.
Navy and Marine Corps spokesmen would not say whether Chinese warships or aircraft monitored the operations or tried to disrupt the exercises.
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U.S. Carrier Strike Group, Amphibious Warships Massed in South China Sea as Regional Tensions Simmer
April 10, 2021 8:46 AM
USS Makin Island (LHD-8) and the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) transit the South China Sea on April 9, 2021. US Navy Photo
A U.S. carrier strike group and amphibious ready group are in the South China Sea as tensions increase between Manila and Beijing over a Chinese maritime militia incursion into the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone, the Navy announced on Friday.
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“We are thankful for the opportunity to train alongside the Royal Malaysian Air Force,” said Rear Adm. Doug Verissimo, commander, Carrier Strike Group Nine. “While we would have loved to meet face to face, I am excited that we can meet in the air to help deepen security cooperation between our two nations. Our continued pursuit of interoperability is essential to maintaining peace and security in the Indo-Pacific.”
USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 engaged in Dissimilar Air Combat Training (DACT) with the RMAF. Both countries had the opportunity to hone their tactics and enhance their ability to work side by side.
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