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USS Bonhomme Richard preparing for homeport shift
US Navy’s amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) arrived in Sasebo, Japan, April...
US Navy sets up forward-deployed readiness command in Japan
The US Navy announced it has officially established the Commander, Naval Surface Group Western Pacif...
US Navy's 7th Fleet marks 75th anniversary
US 7th Fleet commander on March 15 kicked off a series of celebrations to mark the 75th anniversary ...
7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge undocks
US Navy’s forward-deployed command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) completed her dry dock mainten...
F-35B ready USS Wasp arrives at new 7th Fleet homeport
US Navy’s amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) arrived in Sasebo, Japan, on January 14, to...
USS Wasp enters US 7th Fleet
US Navy amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) on January 6 entered the US 7th Fleet area of opera...
USS Wasp stops in Hawaii en route to new homeport in Japan
US Navy’s amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) pulled into Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam,...
USS Coronado departs US 7th Fleet area of operations
US Navy’s littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4) departed the US 7th Fleet area of responsi...
US Military bans alcohol in Japan after Okinawa crash
All US service personnel on Okinawa have been restricted to base and to their residences with alcoho...
USS Benfold gets involved in a collision at sea
US Navy destroyer USS Benfold collided with a tug on November 18, becoming the fifth US Navy ship to...
US Navy forms Western Pacific readiness oversight body
The US Navy has established a new detachment which will help keep track of unit readiness in the US ...
Theodore Roosevelt CSG enters 7th Fleet area of operations
Guided missile cruisers and destroyers centered around Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Ro...
Seven forward-deployed US Navy ships pass readiness tests
Following this year’s spate of incidents involving US Navy ships forward-deployed to Japan, Vi...
US Navy surges USS Monterey after destroyer collisions
The US Navy has deployed Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) and will depl...
USS Wasp gets underway for forward-deployment to Japan
US amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) got underway from Norfolk on August 30 heading for Saseb...
New US 7th Fleet commander arrives in Japan
The new commander of the US 7th Fleet arrived in Yokosuka, Japan, on August 25, two days after assum...
US Navy relieves 7th Fleet commander after latest collision
The US Navy has relieved the 7th Fleet commander of his duties after the latest in a spate of US war...
2016 a year of firsts for the US 7th Fleet
As the U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet looks back at 2016, it looks back at a year of innovations, new p...