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UK: Japanese Imperial Couple State Visit – The Mall Carriage Procession

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako commenced their 3-day state visit to the UK on Tuesday, June 25. King Charles and Queen Camilla met the imperial couple on Horse Guards Parade before traveling on royal carriages down The Mall to Buckingham Palace for a state banquet.

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UK: Japanese Imperial Couple State Visit – The Mall Carriage Procession 2

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako commenced their 3-day state visit to the UK on Tuesday, June 25. King Charles and Queen Camilla met the imperial couple on Horse Guards Parade before traveling on royal carriages down The Mall to Buckingham Palace for a state banquet.

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Iceland: Volcano Erupts For 3rd Time Since December, Spewing Huge Plumes Of Smoke And Lava 6

A volcano system on a mountain ridge on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland erupted on Thursday morning, February 8. Blue Lagoon, the nearby popular geothermal spa site was evacuated. It was the 3rd volcano eruption since December 2023.

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Iceland: Volcano Erupts For 3rd Time Since December, Spewing Huge Plumes Of Smoke And Lava 8

A volcano system on a mountain ridge on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland erupted on Thursday morning, February 8. Blue Lagoon, the nearby popular geothermal spa site was evacuated. It was the 3rd volcano eruption since December 2023.

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Iceland: Volcano Erupts For 3rd Time Since December, Spewing Huge Plumes Of Smoke And Lava 7

A volcano system on a mountain ridge on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland erupted on Thursday morning, February 8. Blue Lagoon, the nearby popular geothermal spa site was evacuated. It was the 3rd volcano eruption since December 2023.

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Iceland: Volcano Erupts For 3rd Time Since December, Spewing Huge Plumes Of Smoke And Lava 9

A volcano system on a mountain ridge on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland erupted on Thursday morning, February 8. Blue Lagoon, the nearby popular geothermal spa site was evacuated. It was the 3rd volcano eruption since December 2023.

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Iceland: Volcano Erupts For 3rd Time Since December, Spewing Huge Plumes Of Smoke And Lava 10

A volcano system on a mountain ridge on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland erupted on Thursday morning, February 8. Blue Lagoon, the nearby popular geothermal spa site was evacuated. It was the 3rd volcano eruption since December 2023.

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Iceland: Volcano Erupts For 3rd Time Since December, Spewing Huge Plumes Of Smoke And Lava 5

A volcano system on a mountain ridge on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland erupted on Thursday morning, February 8. Blue Lagoon, the nearby popular geothermal spa site was evacuated. It was the 3rd volcano eruption since December 2023. This video filmed by British Ambassador to Iceland Dr. Bryony Mathew from an airplane departing from Reykjavik on Thursday morning shows the erupting volcano.

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Iceland: Volcano Erupts For 3rd Time Since December, Sending Huge Plumes Of Smoke 3

A volcano system on a mountain ridge on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland erupted on Thursday morning, February 8. Blue Lagoon, the nearby popular geothermal spa site was evacuated. It was the 3rd volcano eruption since December 2023.

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Iceland: Volcano Erupts For 3rd Time Since December, Sending Huge Plumes Of Smoke 2

A volcano system on a mountain ridge on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland erupted on Thursday morning, February 8. Blue Lagoon, the nearby popular geothermal spa site was evacuated. It was the 3rd volcano eruption since December 2023.

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Iceland: Volcano Erupts For 3rd Time Since December, Prompts Evacuation Of Popular Spa

A volcano system on a mountain ridge on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland erupted on Thursday morning, February 8. Blue Lagoon, the nearby popular geothermal spa site was evacuated. It was the 3rd volcano eruption since December 2023.

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Iceland: Volcano Erupts For 3rd Time Since December, Sending Huge Plumes Of Smoke 4

A volcano system on a mountain ridge on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland erupted on Thursday morning, February 8. Blue Lagoon, the nearby popular geothermal spa site was evacuated. It was the 3rd volcano eruption since December 2023.

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US Navy Ending Aircraft Carrier's Middle East Deployment

Handout photo dated October 4, 2023 shows the world's largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) the Italian navy aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (C 550), the Blue Ridge-class command ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), ITS Ciao Duilio (D 554), ITS Virginio Fasan (F 591) and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) transit the Ionian Sea. The Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier will return to its home port, the U.S. Navy said on Monday, ending its deployment to the eastern Mediterranean, which started in support of Israel after the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas militants. The nuclear-powered Ford, the Navy's newest carrier with over 4,000 personnel and eight squadrons of aircraft, became a powerful symbol of American support by rushing closer to Israel after the Palestinian militant group's attack. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacob Mattingly via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Sending Largest Warship To Middle East

Handout photo dated August 20, 2023 shows he world's largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), the Blue Ridge-class command ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), Italian Navy aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (C 550), Italian Navy destroyer ITS Ciao Duilio (D 554), Italian Navy frigate ITS Virginio Fasan (F 591), and Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) steam in formation in the Ionian Sea, The U.S. carrier strike group sent toward Israel as a deterrent measure against hostile regional groups arrived Tuesday afternoon, the Pentagon announced. The USS Gerald R. Ford, an aircraft carrier, and its accompanying ships were operating in the Mediterranean when the Biden administration directed them toward the Middle East shortly after Hamas attacked Israel on Saturday. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Maxwell Orlosky via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Sending Largest Warship To Middle East

Handout photo dated October 4, 2023 shows the world's largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) the Italian navy aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (C 550), the Blue Ridge-class command ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), ITS Ciao Duilio (D 554), ITS Virginio Fasan (F 591) and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) transit the Ionian Sea. The U.S. carrier strike group sent toward Israel as a deterrent measure against hostile regional groups arrived Tuesday afternoon, the Pentagon announced. The USS Gerald R. Ford, an aircraft carrier, and its accompanying ships were operating in the Mediterranean when the Biden administration directed them toward the Middle East shortly after Hamas attacked Israel on Saturday. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacob Mattingly via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Sending Largest Warship To Middle East

Handout photo dated October 4, 2023 shows the world's largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), Italian Navy aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (C 550), the Blue Ridge-class command ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), Italian Navy destroyer ITS Ciao Duilio (D 554), Italian Navy frigate ITS Virginio Fasan (F 591), and Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) steam in formation in the Ionian Sea. The U.S. carrier strike group sent toward Israel as a deterrent measure against hostile regional groups arrived Tuesday afternoon, the Pentagon announced. The USS Gerald R. Ford, an aircraft carrier, and its accompanying ships were operating in the Mediterranean when the Biden administration directed them toward the Middle East shortly after Hamas attacked Israel on Saturday. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacob Mattingly via ABACAPRESS.COM

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7th Fleet flagship at Hakata port

FUKUOKA, Japan - Vice Adm. Scott Swift, commander of the U.S. 7th Fleet, speaks in a press conference aboard the 7th Fleet command ship, the Blue Ridge, as the vessel calls at Hakata port in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, for a friendship visit on Aug. 10, 2012.

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7th Fleet flagship at Hakata port

FUKUOKA, Japan - The U.S. 7th Fleet command ship, the Blue Ridge, calls at Hakata port in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, for a friendship visit on Aug. 10, 2012.

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U.S. 7th Fleet change of command ceremony

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Vice Adm. Scott Van Buskirk (R) and Vice Adm. Scott Swift attend a U.S. 7th Fleet change of command ceremony aboard the command flagship USS Blue Ridge in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Sept. 7, 2011. Vice Adm. Van Buskirk was relieved by new commander Vice Adm. Swift at the ceremony.

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New U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Van Buskirk

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Vice Adm. Scott Van Buskirk, the new commander of the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet, speaks during a replacement ceremony on Sept. 10, 2010, on the USS Blue Ridge, the fleet's flagship vessel, at the naval base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture. Van Buskirk is succeeding Vice Adm. John Bird.

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Japan, U.S. ships make port call for security pact anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - The USS Blue Ridge, the flagship of the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet, makes a port call at Tokyo's Harumi pier on June 26, 2010, to mark the 50th anniversary this month of the 1960 Japan-U.S. security treaty entering into force. During the port call, 7th Fleet Commander John Bird is inviting Japanese and American guests to commemorative events aboard the U.S. vessel.

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U.S., S. Korea undergoing joint military drills

BUSAN, South Korea - The flagship Blue Ridge of the U.S. Seventh Fleet, now taking part in joint military drills with South Korea, had a press viewing in Busan on March 17, 2010.

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Aircraft carrier John C. Stennis at Busan Port to join drills

BUSAN, South Korea - The U.S. aircraft carrier John C. Stennis (top) and the Seventh Fleet's flagship Blue Ridge (front) arrive at Busan Port on March 11 to join military drills with South Korea.

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U.S. warship Blue Ridge arrives at Nagasaki port

NAGASAKI, Japan - The Blue Ridge, the command ship of the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet, arrives at Nagasaki port Feb. 5 amid opposition from local municipalities. The 19,600-ton vessel's visit to Nagasaki, its second call there after a visit in September 1995, is to promote mutual friendship between Japan and the United States.

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U.S. warship Blue Ridge arrives at Nagasaki port

NAGASAKI, Japan - Members of peace-seeking organizations gather at Nagasaki port Feb. 5 to oppose a port call by the Blue Ridge, the command ship of the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet. The 19,600-ton vessel's visit to Nagasaki, its second call there after a visit in September 1995, is to promote mutual friendship between Japan and the United States.

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U.S. Navy's Blue Ridge makes port call in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Capt. Stephen Maynard (R, front) of the U.S. Navy's Blue Ridge receives flowers at Nagoya port, Aichi Prefecture, on March 12 as the ship made a port call to allow crewmembers to go sightseeing and participate in goodwill activities.

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Pacifist groups protest Blue Ridge visit

OSAKA, Japan - Members of pacifist groups gather to protest the visit to Osaka port of the U.S. Navy amphibious command ship Blue Ridge on April 14

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U.S. Navy command ship Blue Ridge calls at Osaka port

OSAKA, Japan - The U.S. Navy amphibious command ship Blue Ridge enters Osaka port on April 14 to allow its crew three days of rest, the U.S. Navy said. The 19,648-ton flagship of the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet, based in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, left there in January for the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean to ask countries such as the Philippines and Indonesia to cooperate in the U.S.-led antiterrorism campaign.

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Hokkaido mayor protests planned U.S. navy vessel visit

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Tadayuki Torikoshi, mayor of Tomakomai in western Hokkaido, has called on the U.S. Navy to reconsider its request that the U.S. naval vessel Blue Ridge be allowed to call at the port in February, saying the visit will inconvenience other commercial ships. File photo shows the 19,200-ton Blue Ridge. It was taken in October 1997 when the vessel entered Hakodate port in Hokkaido.

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U.S. Navy command ship Blue Ridge calls at Osaka port

OSAKA, Japan - The U.S. Navy amphibious command ship Blue Ridge enters Osaka port on April 14 to allow its crew three days of rest, the U.S. Navy said. The 19,648-ton flagship of the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet, based in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, left there in January for the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean to ask countries such as the Philippines and Indonesia to cooperate in the U.S.-led antiterrorism campaign.

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U.S. to prevent unforeseen clashes in S. China Sea

Vice Adm. Robert Thomas, commander of the 7th Fleet of the U.S. Navy, says in an interview aboard the USS Blue Ridge on June 1, 2015, that the U.S. military will work to prevent unforeseen clashes in the South China Sea, where Beijing is reclaiming land in waters around disputed islands. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. Navy official Thomas in interview

Vice Adm. Robert Thomas, the commander of the 7th Fleet of the U.S. Navy, is interviewed by Kyodo News aboard the USS Blue Ridge on June 1, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. places high hopes on expanded SDF role

Vice Adm. Robert Thomas (L), commander of the U.S. 7th Fleet, and Vice Adm. Eiichi Funada, commander of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force fleet, hold a joint press conference on the deck of the USS Blue Ridge in Yokohama southwest of Tokyo on March 31, 2015. Thomas welcomed Japan's planned security legislation that will expand the scope of overseas operations by the Self-Defense Forces. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese, U.S. naval commanders hold joint press confab on warship

The commanders of the Japanese and U.S. naval forces hold a joint press conference on the deck of the USS Blue Ridge, the command ship of the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet, in Yokohama southwest of Tokyo on March 31, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S., S. Korea undergoing joint military drills

BUSAN, South Korea - The flagship Blue Ridge of the U.S. Seventh Fleet, now taking part in joint military drills with South Korea, had a press viewing in Busan on March 17, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Aircraft carrier John C. Stennis at Busan Port to join drills

BUSAN, South Korea - The U.S. aircraft carrier John C. Stennis (top) and the Seventh Fleet's flagship Blue Ridge (front) arrive at Busan Port on March 11 to join military drills with South Korea. (Kyodo)

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U.S. warship Blue Ridge arrives at Nagasaki port

NAGASAKI, Japan - The Blue Ridge, the command ship of the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet, arrives at Nagasaki port Feb. 5 amid opposition from local municipalities. The 19,600-ton vessel's visit to Nagasaki, its second call there after a visit in September 1995, is to promote mutual friendship between Japan and the United States. (Kyodo)

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U.S. warship Blue Ridge arrives at Nagasaki port

NAGASAKI, Japan - Members of peace-seeking organizations gather at Nagasaki port Feb. 5 to oppose a port call by the Blue Ridge, the command ship of the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet. The 19,600-ton vessel's visit to Nagasaki, its second call there after a visit in September 1995, is to promote mutual friendship between Japan and the United States. (Kyodo)

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U.S. 7th Fleet change of command ceremony

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Vice Adm. Scott Van Buskirk (R) and Vice Adm. Scott Swift attend a U.S. 7th Fleet change of command ceremony aboard the command flagship USS Blue Ridge in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Sept. 7, 2011. Vice Adm. Van Buskirk was relieved by new commander Vice Adm. Swift at the ceremony. (Kyodo)

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New U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Van Buskirk

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Vice Adm. Scott Van Buskirk, the new commander of the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet, speaks during a replacement ceremony on Sept. 10, 2010, on the USS Blue Ridge, the fleet's flagship vessel, at the naval base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture. Van Buskirk is succeeding Vice Adm. John Bird. (Kyodo)

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Japan, U.S. ships make port call for security pact anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - The USS Blue Ridge, the flagship of the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet, makes a port call at Tokyo's Harumi pier on June 26, 2010, to mark the 50th anniversary this month of the 1960 Japan-U.S. security treaty entering into force. During the port call, 7th Fleet Commander John Bird is inviting Japanese and American guests to commemorative events aboard the U.S. vessel. (Kyodo)

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Sunset, wood, condense trail, contrails

Sunset behind the forest ridge. Orange shine on remains of clouds. White condensation traces from aircraft on a dark blue sky. Silhouettes of tree crowns. (CTK Photo/Roman Krompolc)

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Blue Ridge visits Hong Kong

Blue Ridge, the flagship vessel of the U.S. Navy's Seventh Fleet, visits Hong Kong on April 20, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. Navy's Blue Ridge makes port call in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Capt. Stephen Maynard (R, front) of the U.S. Navy's Blue Ridge receives flowers at Nagoya port, Aichi Prefecture, on March 12 as the ship made a port call to allow crewmembers to go sightseeing and participate in goodwill activities. (Kyodo)

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Hokkaido mayor protests planned U.S. navy vessel visit

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Tadayuki Torikoshi, mayor of Tomakomai in western Hokkaido, has called on the U.S. Navy to reconsider its request that the U.S. naval vessel Blue Ridge be allowed to call at the port in February, saying the visit will inconvenience other commercial ships. File photo shows the 19,200-ton Blue Ridge. It was taken in October 1997 when the vessel entered Hakodate port in Hokkaido.