Published April 7, 2021, 3:30 PM While it welcomed the presence of the US Navy’s Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG), the Department of National Defense (DND) stressed the need for restraint in order not to aggravate the already tense situation in the South China Sea amid the aggressive actions of China to assert its claim vrtually in the entire area. (AFP / FILE PHOTO) Defense spokesperson Arsenio Andolong also appealed for calm from all the nations that are not only involved in the territorial dispute but also other countries which have been very vocal in China’s flexing of military muscle in the South China Sea.