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USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Dec. 4, 2023

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Dec. 4, 2023

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These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Dec. 4, 2023, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship. This post has been updated to include more information on deployed and underway ships. Read More

Destroyer USS Carney Downs 3 Drones in Red Sea; Commercial Ships Attacked

Destroyer USS Carney Downs 3 Drones in Red Sea; Commercial Ships Attacked

USS Carney (DDG-64) transits the Suez Canal, Oct. 18, 2023. US Navy Photo

This post has been updated with an additional statement from U.S. Central Command.

Destroyer USS Carney (DDG-64) shot down three drones in the Red Sea on Sunday while responding to distress calls from several commercial vessels that were attacked by missiles originating in Yemen, according to U.S. Central Command. Read More

PHIBRON 5 Commodore Removed from Command

PHIBRON 5 Commodore Removed from Command

USS Boxer (LHD 4) and USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) transit the Pacific Ocean, Nov. 4, 2023. U.S. Navy Photo

The commander of a California-based amphibious squadron was removed from command on Friday following an arrest last week in Coronado, USNI News has learned. Read More

Japanese Officials Raise Concerns Over V-22 Osprey Flights

Japanese Officials Raise Concerns Over V-22 Osprey Flights

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, off-load from a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262, Marine Air Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, at Hijyudai Maneuver Area, Oita, Japan, Oct. 25, 2023. US Marine Corps Photo

Top Japanese government officials have expressed concern that the United States is not providing sufficient information regarding the ongoing flights of U.S. Ospreys in Japan following Wednesday’s crash of an Air Force Special Operations (AFSOC) CV-22 in the waters of Yakushima Island. Meanwhile, the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (CSG) wrapped up drills with a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer on Thursday. Read More

The U.S. Navy’s Unmanned Future Remains Murky as China Threat Looms

The U.S. Navy’s Unmanned Future Remains Murky as China Threat Looms

Unmanned surface vessel Sea Hunter transits underneath the Sydney Harbor bridge as part of a scheduled port visit during Integrated Battle Problem (IBP) 23.2, Oct 24, 2023. US Navy Photo

The year is 2025. China’s invasion of Taiwan, long feared, has finally arrived. America is scrambling a fleet to defend the 90-mile Taiwan Strait. But first, the U.S. military unleashes the drones. Read More

Japan Asks U.S. to Suspend Local V-22 Osprey Operations

Japan Asks U.S. to Suspend Local V-22 Osprey Operations

An CMV-22B Osprey, carrying the U.S. ambassador to Japan, Hon. Rahm Emanuel, Japan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hayashi Yoshima, Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, Vice Adm. Karl Thomas, Commander, Navy Region Japan/Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Japan Rear Adm. Carl Lahti, lands on Naval Air Facility (NAF) Atsugi following an official visit, to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) on April 23, 2022. US Navy Photo

Japan’s government on Thursday called on the U.S. military to suspend MV-22Bs and CV-22Bs Ospreys in operations Japan, save for search-and-rescue missions, following Wednesday’s crash of an Air Force Special Operations CV-22B in the waters off the island of Yakushima. Read More

Forward Deployed U.S. Marine Task Force Begin Drills with Indonesia

Forward Deployed U.S. Marine Task Force Begin Drills with Indonesia

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Southeast Asia, I Marine Expeditionary Force and Indonesian marines with 4th Marine Infantry Brigade, Pasmar 1, participate in the Keris Marine Exercise opening ceremony at Piabung Training Area in Sukabumi, West Java, Indonesia, Nov. 23, 2023. US Marine Corps Photo

After training in the Philippines since October, a forward-positioned Marine Corps task force kicked off another exercise in Indonesia last week. Read More

AUKUS Pact Stresses Longterm Workforce Development

AUKUS Pact Stresses Longterm Workforce Development

Pre-commissioning unit (PCU) Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-795) seen prior to a christening ceremony at General Dynamics Electric Boat shipyard facility in Groton, Conn., on July 31, 2021. US Navy Photo

The reason the leaders of Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States have placed heavy emphasis on workforce development is that when children in pre-kindergarten now are adults, they will be working on AUKUS in advanced technologies and shipbuilding, the State Department’s project lead said Monday. Read More

Philippines Holds Joint Patrols with Australia in the South China Sea

Philippines Holds Joint Patrols with Australia in the South China Sea

Officer of the watch, Lt. Vincent Bornaghi conducts an officer of the watch maneuvers exercise from the bridge wing of HMAS Toowoomba with the Philippine Navy’s BRP Gregorio del Pilar as part of the regional presence deployment on Nov. 26, 2023. Royal Australian Navy Photo

The Philippines concluded a series of joint maritime and aerial patrols with Australia in the South China Sea today, and plans to hold more patrols in the future with the U.S. and other allies, according to officials. Read More