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Japan Coast Guard demonstrates intelligence gathering know-how

Vice Adm. Hiroaki Kanosue, Japan Coast Guard's vice commandant for operations, meets the press in Sepang in the Malaysian state of Selangor on Feb. 26, 2025, after a demonstration of Japan's maritime intelligence gathering techniques using radar and thermographic cameras as part of a U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime program.

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Japan Coast Guard demonstrates intelligence gathering know-how

Vice Adm. Hiroaki Kanosue (C), Japan Coast Guard's vice commandant for operations, meets the press in Sepang in the Malaysian state of Selangor on Feb. 26, 2025, after a demonstration of Japan's maritime intelligence gathering techniques using radar and thermographic cameras as part of a U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime program.

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Lloyd Austin Visits Kuwait And Bahrain

Handout photo shows Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III greets Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command in Bahrain, Dec 17, 2023 on a trip to the U.S. Central Command AOR. While in the region Austin will visit Kuwait, Israel and Qatar. DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley via ABACAPRESS.COM

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U.S. Sixth Fleet Conducts Dual-Carrier Operations In Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Handout photo dated October 28, 2023 shows the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group transits the Strait of Gibraltar. For the first time in decades, two U.S. aircraft carriers sailed together in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, U.S. 6th fleet announced Friday. “Operating dual carrier strike groups alongside Allies and Partners in a dynamic environment demonstrates our capability and capacity to respond with agility decisively to any contingency,” Vice Adm. Thomas Ishee, commander of the U.S. 6th Fleet said in a Friday statement. “Our presence sends a clear signal about our commitment to deter aggression and promote stability throughout the region.” Shortly after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks in southern Israel, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin extended Ford’s deployment and shifted the strike group to the Eastern Mediterranean as part of the U.S. effort to keep the conflict from spreading. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Merissa Daley via ABACAPRESS.COM

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U.S. Sixth Fleet Conducts Dual-Carrier Operations In Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Handout photo dated November 3, 2023 shows the world’s largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) steams in formation with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) during a photo exercise. For the first time in decades, two U.S. aircraft carriers sailed together in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, U.S. 6th fleet announced Friday. “Operating dual carrier strike groups alongside Allies and Partners in a dynamic environment demonstrates our capability and capacity to respond with agility decisively to any contingency,” Vice Adm. Thomas Ishee, commander of the U.S. 6th Fleet said in a Friday statement. “Our presence sends a clear signal about our commitment to deter aggression and promote stability throughout the region.” Shortly after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks in southern Israel, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin extended Ford’s deployment and shifted the strike group to the Eastern Mediterranean as part of the U.S. effort to keep the conflict from spreading. U.S. Navy photo by Mas

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U.S. Sixth Fleet Conducts Dual-Carrier Operations In Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Handout photo dated November 23, 2023 shows ships from the Gerald R. Ford and Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Groups (CSG), U.S. Sixth Fleet command ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), and Italian Navy frigates Carlo Margottini (F 592) and Virginio Fasan (F 591) sail in formation in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. For the first time in decades, two U.S. aircraft carriers sailed together in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, U.S. 6th fleet announced Friday. “Operating dual carrier strike groups alongside Allies and Partners in a dynamic environment demonstrates our capability and capacity to respond with agility decisively to any contingency,” Vice Adm. Thomas Ishee, commander of the U.S. 6th Fleet said in a Friday statement. “Our presence sends a clear signal about our commitment to deter aggression and promote stability throughout the region.” Shortly after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks in southern Israel, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin extended Ford’s deployment and shifted the strike group to the Eastern Mediterran

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U.S. Sixth Fleet Conducts Dual-Carrier Operations In Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Handout photo dated November 3, 2023 shows ships from the Gerald R. Ford and Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Groups (CSG), U.S. Sixth Fleet command ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), and Italian Navy frigates Carlo Margottini (F 592) and Virginio Fasan (F 591) sail in formation in the Mediterranean Sea. For the first time in decades, two U.S. aircraft carriers sailed together in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, U.S. 6th fleet announced Friday. “Operating dual carrier strike groups alongside Allies and Partners in a dynamic environment demonstrates our capability and capacity to respond with agility decisively to any contingency,” Vice Adm. Thomas Ishee, commander of the U.S. 6th Fleet said in a Friday statement. “Our presence sends a clear signal about our commitment to deter aggression and promote stability throughout the region.” Shortly after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks in southern Israel, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin extended Ford’s deployment and shifted the strike group to the Eastern Mediterranean as pa

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Exercise Malabar joint naval drills

Vice Adm. Akira Saito (far L), commander-in-chief of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Self-Defense Fleet, talks with commanders from U.S., Indian and Australian naval forces before the annual "Exercise Malabar" joint drills begin on Aug. 10, 2023, in Sydney.

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Biden Picks 1st Female Admiral To Lead Navy

Handout file photo dated June 1, 2018 shows Vice Adm. Lisa M. Franchetti, commander, U.S. 6th Fleet and Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO, answers questions at a local media press conference during the exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2018 pre-sail conference in Klaipeda, Lithuania. US President Biden has chosen a female admiral to lead the US Navy, the first time a woman has been nominated to head a Pentagon military service branch. Lisa Franchetti is a former head of the US 6th Fleet and US naval forces in South Korea, and has also served as an aircraft carrier strike commander. Her nomination must still be confirmed by the US Senate. If confirmed as Chief of Naval Operations she will be the first woman to become a member of the elite group of senior military officers who make up the Joint Chiefs of Staff. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Justin Stumberg via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Biden Picks 1st Female Admiral To Lead Navy

Handout file photo dated October 25, 2019 shows Vice Adm. Lisa Franchetti, commander of U.S. 6th Fleet, reviews the recruit ceremonial honor guard during a pass in review graduation ceremony at Recruit Training Command (RTC) in Great Lakes, Illinois. US President Biden has chosen a female admiral to lead the US Navy, the first time a woman has been nominated to head a Pentagon military service branch. Lisa Franchetti is a former head of the US 6th Fleet and US naval forces in South Korea, and has also served as an aircraft carrier strike commander. Her nomination must still be confirmed by the US Senate. If confirmed as Chief of Naval Operations she will be the first woman to become a member of the elite group of senior military officers who make up the Joint Chiefs of Staff. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Spencer Fling via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Biden Picks 1st Female Admiral To Lead Navy

Handout file photo dated August 15, 2018 shows Vice Adm. Lisa M. Franchetti, commander, U.S. 6th Fleet and commander, Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO, observes Romanian Navy Day celebrations in Constanta, Romania. US President Biden has chosen a female admiral to lead the US Navy, the first time a woman has been nominated to head a Pentagon military service branch. Lisa Franchetti is a former head of the US 6th Fleet and US naval forces in South Korea, and has also served as an aircraft carrier strike commander. Her nomination must still be confirmed by the US Senate. If confirmed as Chief of Naval Operations she will be the first woman to become a member of the elite group of senior military officers who make up the Joint Chiefs of Staff. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathan Nelson via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Biden Picks 1st Female Admiral To Lead Navy

Handout file photo dated June 9, 2018 shows Vice Adm. Lisa M. Franchetti, center, commander of U.S. 6th Fleet and Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO), and Rear Adm. Guy Robinson, right, OBE, Royal Navy, deputy commander of STRIKFORNATO, visit the Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Carson City (T-EPF 7) at Bornholm Island in Denmark during exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS). US President Biden has chosen a female admiral to lead the US Navy, the first time a woman has been nominated to head a Pentagon military service branch. Lisa Franchetti is a former head of the US 6th Fleet and US naval forces in South Korea, and has also served as an aircraft carrier strike commander. Her nomination must still be confirmed by the US Senate. If confirmed as Chief of Naval Operations she will be the first woman to become a member of the elite group of senior military officers who make up the Joint Chiefs of Staff. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist America A. Henry

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Biden Picks 1st Female Admiral To Lead Navy

Handout file photo dated July 7, 2019 shows Vice Adm. Lisa M. Franchetti, commander of U.S. 6th Fleet, was honored with sideboys as she enters a reception provided by the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) as part of Ukrainian Navy Day, which coincides with exercise Sea Breeze. US President Biden has chosen a female admiral to lead the US Navy, the first time a woman has been nominated to head a Pentagon military service branch. Lisa Franchetti is a former head of the US 6th Fleet and US naval forces in South Korea, and has also served as an aircraft carrier strike commander. Her nomination must still be confirmed by the US Senate. If confirmed as Chief of Naval Operations she will be the first woman to become a member of the elite group of senior military officers who make up the Joint Chiefs of Staff. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Fred Gray IV via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Biden Picks 1st Female Admiral To Lead Navy

Handout file photo dated July 7, 2019 shows Vice Adm. Lisa M. Franchetti, commander of U.S. 6th Fleet, front, and Adm. Ihor Voronchenko, commander of the Ukrainian navy, back right, salute as a Ukrainian patrol boat gets underway from Odesa Port during Ukrainian Navy Day, which coincides with exercise Sea Breeze 2019, in Odesa, Ukraine. US President Biden has chosen a female admiral to lead the US Navy, the first time a woman has been nominated to head a Pentagon military service branch. Lisa Franchetti is a former head of the US 6th Fleet and US naval forces in South Korea, and has also served as an aircraft carrier strike commander. Her nomination must still be confirmed by the US Senate. If confirmed as Chief of Naval Operations she will be the first woman to become a member of the elite group of senior military officers who make up the Joint Chiefs of Staff. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Kyle Steckler via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Biden Picks 1st Female Admiral To Lead Navy

Handout file photo dated October 25, 2019 shows Vice Adm. Lisa Franchetti, commander of U.S. 6th Fleet, delivers remarks inside Midway Ceremonial Drill Hall during a pass in review graduation ceremony at Recruit Training Command (RTC) i Great Lakes, Illinois US President Biden has chosen a female admiral to lead the US Navy, the first time a woman has been nominated to head a Pentagon military service branch. Lisa Franchetti is a former head of the US 6th Fleet and US naval forces in South Korea, and has also served as an aircraft carrier strike commander. Her nomination must still be confirmed by the US Senate. If confirmed as Chief of Naval Operations she will be the first woman to become a member of the elite group of senior military officers who make up the Joint Chiefs of Staff. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Spencer Fling via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Biden Picks 1st Female Admiral To Lead Navy

Handout file photo dated May 11, 2018 shows Vice Adm. Lisa Franchetti, commander, U.S. 6th Fleet, delivers remarks during the closing ceremony of exercise Phoenix Express 2018 in Souda Bay, Greece. US President Biden has chosen a female admiral to lead the US Navy, the first time a woman has been nominated to head a Pentagon military service branch. Lisa Franchetti is a former head of the US 6th Fleet and US naval forces in South Korea, and has also served as an aircraft carrier strike commander. Her nomination must still be confirmed by the US Senate. If confirmed as Chief of Naval Operations she will be the first woman to become a member of the elite group of senior military officers who make up the Joint Chiefs of Staff. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan U. Kledzik via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Biden Picks 1st Female Admiral To Lead Navy

Handout file photo dated May 27, 2019 shows Vice Adm. Lisa M. Franchetti, commander of U.S. 6th Fleet, greets Tunisian naval officers at the Tunisian Ministry of Defense in Tunis, Tunisia. US President Biden has chosen a female admiral to lead the US Navy, the first time a woman has been nominated to head a Pentagon military service branch. Lisa Franchetti is a former head of the US 6th Fleet and US naval forces in South Korea, and has also served as an aircraft carrier strike commander. Her nomination must still be confirmed by the US Senate. If confirmed as Chief of Naval Operations she will be the first woman to become a member of the elite group of senior military officers who make up the Joint Chiefs of Staff. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Amelia Umayam via ABACAPRESS.COM

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U.S. Navy 5th Fleet commander in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Vice Adm. John Miller (front L), commander of the U.S. Navy 5th Fleet, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands prior to their talks at Abe's office in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2013.

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MSDF, 3 western Japan utilities sign alliance

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. President Makoto Yagi (L) and Maritime Self-Defense Force Vice Adm. Shinsuke Miki, chief of the MSDF Kure District Headquarters, pose for photos in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on July 9, 2014, after signing an agreement to cooperate in dealing with disasters.

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MSDF, 3 western Japan utilities sign alliance

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Chugoku Electric Power Co. President Tomohide Karita (L) and Maritime Self-Defense Force Vice Adm. Shinsuke Miki, chief of the MSDF Kure District Headquarters, pose for photos in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on July 9, 2014, after signing an agreement to cooperate in dealing with disasters.

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5th Fleet commander

MANAMA, Bahrain - U.S. Navy 5th Fleet commander Vice Adm. John Miller is pictured during an interview in Manama, Bahrain, on March 24, 2014.

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Abe in Bahrain

MANAMA, Bahrain - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) talks with Vice Adm. John Miller (3rd from R), commander of the U.S. Navy 5th Fleet, in Manama, Bahrain, on Aug. 25, 2013. (Pool photo)

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U.S. Naval Forces Japan chief apologizes for Okinawa rape

NAHA, Japan - Rear Adm. Dan Cloyd (L), commander of U.S. Naval Forces Japan, bows to Okinawa Vice Gov. Kanetoshi Yoseda at the prefectural office in Naha on Oct. 23, 2012. On the alleged rape of a Japanese woman by two U.S. sailors in the prefecture, Cloyd voiced his "deepest, most sincere and most heartfelt apology for the enormous and intolerable suffering and trauma the victim had" and apologized for the "anger and mistrust" the incident has caused among the people of Okinawa.

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U.S. Naval Forces Japan chief apologizes for Okinawa rape

NAHA, Japan - Rear Adm. Dan Cloyd (L), commander of U.S. Naval Forces Japan, hands a letter of apology to Okinawa Vice Gov. Kanetoshi Yoseda over the alleged rape of a Japanese woman by two U.S. sailors in the prefecture, at the prefectural office in Naha on Oct. 23, 2012.

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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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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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U.S. commander welcomes resumption of Japan's refueling mission

MANAMA, Bahrain - Vice Adm. Kevin Cosgriff, commander of the U.S.-led coalition fleet engaged in antiterrorism operations in the Indian Ocean, responds to questions from reporters in Manama on Feb. 19. He welcomed Japan's upcoming resumption of its refueling mission in the region after a nearly four-month hiatus and vowed to make sure the fuel will be used in line with Japanese law.

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U.S. envoy apologizes for loss of Ehime Maru

TOKYO, Japan - Adm. William Fallon, special envoy from Washington, speaks upon arriving at Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo on Feb. 27. He conveyed U.S. apologies to Japan over the Feb. 9 sinking of the Ehime Maru, a Japanese high school fisheries training ship, by the U.S. nuclear submarine Greeneville off Hawaii. Fallon, vice chief of operations in the U.S. Navy, will meet Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori to brief him on progress in the investigation into the sub-ship collision.

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U.S. envoy hands apology to Mori over ship collision

TOKYO, Japan - Adm. William Fallon (C), a special envoy from Washington, is about to shake hands with Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (R) prior to their talks at the premier's official residence in Tokyo on Feb. 27. Fallon, vice chief of operations in the U.S. Navy, handed to Mori an apology from U.S. President George W. Bush for the sinking of the Ehime Maru, a Japanese high school training ship, by a U.S. submarine off Hawaii on Feb. 9. U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Foley is at the left.

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Eto meets with U.S. Pacific Commander in Chief Blair

HONOLULU, United States - Japan's Senior Vice Foreign Minister Seishiro Eto meets with U.S. Pacific Commander in Chief Adm. Dennis Blair on Feb. 17 at the U.S. Pacific Command in Honolulu. Eto asked Blair to continue the search for nine Japanese missing after a Japanese fisheries training ship was sunk Feb. 9 by a surfacing U.S. nuclear-powered submarine, the Greeneville. Eto arrived in Hawaii earlier in the day after meeting with U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and U.S. Undersecretary of State Alan Larson in Washington on Feb. 16.

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Germany's chief of navy Kay-Achim Schonbach

The chief of the German navy, Vice Adm. Kay-Achim Schonbach (R), attends a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2021.

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Germany's chief of navy Kay-Achim Schonbach

The chief of the German navy, Vice Adm. Kay-Achim Schonbach, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2021.

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Interview with German navy chief

German navy chief Vice Adm. Kay-Achim Schonbach gives an interview on the frigate Bayern at Tokyo International Cruise Terminal on Nov. 6, 2021. The frigate arrived in Tokyo on Nov. 5, becoming Germany's first military vessel to make a port call in Japan in nearly 20 years.

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Interview with German navy chief

German navy chief Vice Adm. Kay-Achim Schonbach gives an interview on the frigate Bayern at Tokyo International Cruise Terminal on Nov. 6, 2021. The frigate arrived in Tokyo on Nov. 5, becoming Germany's first military vessel to make a port call in Japan in nearly 20 years.

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Deputy U.S. Pacific commander eyes review of Futemma base reloca

HONOLULU, United States - Vice Adm. Gary Roughead (R), deputy chief of the U.S. Pacific Command, in in talks with Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine in Honolulu on March 18. Roughead said it is necessary to review a plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps Futemma Air Station in Okinawa to an offshore site in the northern part of the island. (Kyodo)

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U.S. commander welcomes resumption of Japan's refueling mission

MANAMA, Bahrain - Vice Adm. Kevin Cosgriff, commander of the U.S.-led coalition fleet engaged in antiterrorism operations in the Indian Ocean, responds to questions from reporters in Manama on Feb. 19. He welcomed Japan's upcoming resumption of its refueling mission in the region after a nearly four-month hiatus and vowed to make sure the fuel will be used in line with Japanese law. (Kyodo)

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Mystery Submarine - film (1963)

Robert Flemyng & James Robertson Justice Characters: Vice-Adm. Sir James Carver & RAdm. Rainbird Film: Mystery Submarine (1964) Director: C.M.Pennington-Richards 29 July 1963 Date: 29-Jul-63

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Abe becomes 1st Japan leader to board U.S. aircraft carrier

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C), aboard the nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan in Sagami Bay off Tokyo's neighboring Kanagawa Prefecture, listens to a briefing beside Vice Adm. Nora Tyson (2nd from R), commander of the U.S. 3rd Fleet, on Oct. 18, 2015, as he became the first Japanese leader in office to board a U.S. aircraft carrier. The Ronald Reagan recently arrived at its new home port in Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Vice Adm. Aucoin becomes commander of U.S. 7th Fleet

Vice Admiral Joseph Aucoin assumes command of the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet at Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, on Sept. 7, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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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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U.S. 7th Fleet commander holds press conference aboard flattop

Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin (C), commander of the U.S. 7th Fleet, and Vice Adm. Yasuhiro Shigeoka (R), commander of Japan's Self-Defense Fleet, hold a press conference on Nov. 24, 2015, aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan docked at Yokosuka port southwest of Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, India, U.S. join naval drill in Indian Ocean

Vice Adm. Yutaka Murakawa (R), vice chief of staff of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force, joins hands with Indian and U.S. naval officers in Chennai, southern India, on Oct. 15, 2015, for the Malabar tripartite joint naval exercise in the Indian Ocean where China's presence has increasingly been felt. (Kyodo) ==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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MSDF, 3 western Japan utilities sign alliance

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Chugoku Electric Power Co. President Tomohide Karita (L) and Maritime Self-Defense Force Vice Adm. Shinsuke Miki, chief of the MSDF Kure District Headquarters, pose for photos in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on July 9, 2014, after signing an agreement to cooperate in dealing with disasters. (Kyodo)

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New commander of U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet

The U.S. Navy's new 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. William Merz addresses a change of command ceremony at Yokosuka base in eastern Japan on Sept. 12, 2019. Merz became the 52nd commander of the 7th Fleet, succeeding Vice Adm. Phillip Sawyer. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S.-led naval drill in Pacific

Vice Adm. John Alexander (C), commander of the U.S. Navy's 3rd Fleet, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the Rim of the Pacific exercise, a major U.S.-led naval drill also known as RIMPAC, in Hawaii on June 28, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo