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

U.S. Three-Carrier Group Conducted Training With Japan And South Korea Navies
U.S. Navy aircraft carriers USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71), and USS Nimitz (CVN-68) along with their strike groups conduct operations with ships from the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force in 2017. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The U.S. Navy held two separate international training exercises with Japan and South Korea this Sunday while conducting rare coordinated operations with three U.S. carrier strike groups in the Western Pacific.Last week 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 (Defense Daily, Nov. 19).The Reagan is forward deployed to Japan, the Roosevelt is on its way to…

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