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Whatever hardships burden families, the kids will have healthy meals and chance to learn.

Rear Adm. Michael ‘Buzz’ Donnelly, who took leadership of Carrier Strike Group 5 and Task Force 70, is no stranger to 7th Fleet or the USS Ronald Reagan.

The move to send “The Gipper” to the Middle East region has been seen as controversial. Later this summer, the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), will be making a rare deployment to the Middle East in support of the U.S. withdrawal of forces from Afghanistan. The Navy announced that the carrier, which is homeported in Yokosuka, Japan, would begin the deployment in the coming weeks. That mission will leave no U.S. carrier in the Asia-Pacific reg...

In recent days, both Beijing and Moscow have goaded Biden with aggressive military exercises, with Chinese warplanes encroaching on Taiwan and Russian bombers flying off Hawaii.

In addition to aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan, CSG 5 consists of aircraft from the embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67), the Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler USNS Pecos (T-AO 197), and the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10). CSG 5 operated in international waters with JMSDF’s Hyuga-class helicopter destroyer JS Ise (DDH 182) to exercise maritime maneuvers, strengthen the U.S.-Japan a...

The Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier left Japan to complete qualifications ahead of its spring patrol on Wednesday, U.S. Navy officials told USNI News. USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) and its escorts departed Naval Fleet Support Activity Yokosuka, Japan, on Wednesday as part of Carrier Strike Group 5. The carrier left with guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG-67) […]

Rear Adm. Will Pennington, commander, Task Force 70 and Capt. Chase Sargeant, commander, Task Force 71 that command Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 5 and Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15 discussed maritime strategy and how best to operate forces together at sea with Vice Adm. SAITO Akira, commander, Fleet Escort Force. "Our relationship with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force is key to our strategic advantage in the Indo-Pacific region. Preserving free and open transit and trade across such a v...

ROSS GIBLIN/STUFF The Government will embark on the Wellington regions biggest housing project in decades, building and redeveloping thousands of homes in Porirua. First published in November 2018. The keys to 29 newly-built state homes are set to be handed over to tenants in Porirua, as part of Kāinga Ora’s Castor Cres development in Cannons Creek. Ngāti Toa Rangatira representatives formally blessed the homes on Monday morning, with Mana MP Barbara Edmonds saying their construction goes ...

From U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs Posted December 10, 2020 Lt. Zack Lukens, assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, serves as a sea combat tactical watch stander during Fleet Synthetic Training - Joint (FST-J) exercise aboard USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), Dec. 3 (U.S. Navy/MC2 Askia Collins) PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - U.S. military forces partnered with Australian and Canadian military units for a Fleet Synthetic Training – Joint Exercise (FST-J) that began Dec. 3. T...