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U.S. Three-Carrier Group Conducted Training With Japan And South Korea Navies

Friday, November 17th, 2017

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The U.S. Navy held two separate international training exercises with Japan and South Korea on Nov. 12 while conducting rare coordinated operations with three U.S. carrier strike groups in the Western Pacific.The week of Nov. 5, the U.S. Navy announced the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), USS Nimitz (CVN-68) and USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) were conducting coordinated operations to demonstrate its ability to operate multiple carrier strike groups.The Reagan is forward deployed to Japan, the Roosevelt is on its way to operations in the Persian Gulf and 5th Fleet area of…

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