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USS Halsey (DDG 97) returned to her homeport of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, October 4th, after successfully completing a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility. Halsey departed Pearl Harbor, May 14, and joined the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group to conduct multiple strait transits and presence operations in the Arabian Gulf, Arabian Sea, Indian…
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USS Halsey (DDG 97) and the French Frigate (FS) Languedoc (D653) conducted a joint interoperability exercise in the Arabian Sea, July 24. The combined, bilateral surface, air and sub-surface exercise was designed to strengthen U.S. maritime interoperability with the French Navy by demonstrating the ability to integrate and coordinate tactical maritime operations. “The opportunity to work with our partner nations…
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June 18, 2021 – Ships and aircraft from the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group (CSG 5) and the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) conducted integrated bilateral training, June 17. CSG 5 sailed in international waters with RSN’s Formidable-class frigate RSS Intrepid (69) and the Victory-class corvette RSS Vigilance (90). While training together, the strike group and the RSN ships conducted…
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May 19, 2021 – The U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) and its strike group departed Fleet Activities Yokosuka, May 19, to support security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. During this routine at-sea period, Ronald Reagan, its strike group ships and the embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 are expected to work with allies…
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October 29, 2020 – USS Halsey (DDG 97) returned to its homeport, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Oct. 29, following a seven-month deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet and U.S. 7th Fleet area of operation. Halsey left Pearl Harbor April 10, following a two-week pierside sequester period, and remained at sea for most of the following seven months due to operational…
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October 15, 2020 – The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group has returned to the South China Sea for the third time of its 2020 deployment. The carrier strike group includes the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) and the embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, USS Antietam (CG 54), andtUSS Halsey (DDG 97) and USS John…
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September 2, 2020 (Google Translation) – In response to the Global Times report that “the U.S. ship entered the Penghu waterway and crossed the Taiwan Strait,” the Navy Command stated today (1) that the content of the report is by no means true. The Naval Command stated that US naval ships sailing through the Taiwan Strait from north to south…
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