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In this photo provided by U.S. Navy, the United States and Vietnam national ensigns are raised in unison on the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan in Da Nang, Vietnam, for a port visit, Sunday, June 25, 2023.

US aircraft carrier makes Vietnam port call

The USS Ronald Reagan, along with the guided missile cruisers USS Antietam and USS Robert Smalls, arrived in Da Nang on Sunday for the visit.

11 months ago

Best pics of the week: May 23, 2021

Air Force PJs train in Djibouti, amphibious exercises in Portugal, DEFENDER-Europe exercises in Bulgaria and more in this week's Frontline Photos.

3 years ago

After latest FONOP, China fires ’stern complaints’ at US

Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang told reporters on Monday that China dispatched planes and ships to demand that the guided-missile destroyer McCampbell leave waters around the Paracel Islands.

5 years ago

Remember that time we forgot a navy and had to go back and get it?

“We forgot ’em.”

By Don North, Vietnam Magazine

5 years ago

This is what happened when an Air Force pilot got assigned to a Navy carrier

Ron Williams remembers his temporary duty assignment flying Douglas A-3B “Whales” from a carrier as the most challenging two years of his career

By Chester Peterson Jr., Aviation History Magazine

5 years ago

When Seabees weren’t building bases in Vietnam, they were fighting the enemy

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., includes 85 Seabees among its list of war dead—a tribute to their motto, “We build, we fight,” which is symbolized in their logo of a bee holding a wrench, hammer and machine gun.

By Tom Edwards, Vietnam Magazine

5 years ago

Cambodia dismisses reports that China will build a naval base there

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said his government will not allow any foreign military bases in its territory and called media reports that China is seeking a naval base there "fake news."

5 years ago

New radome, solar panels spotted on Chinese-occupied reef

The platform appears to be topped with a radome and solar panels, and its strategic location makes it likely it is intended to extend China’s radar or signals intelligence collection in the area.

5 years ago

Japan’s Abe lays wreath in Australia city bombed in WWII

It was also another chance for Japan and Australia to present a united front as regional partners in the Asia-Pacific amid ongoing concerns of spreading Chinese influence, including the country’s building of islands in the disputed South China Sea.

6 years ago

Video shows near collision of US and Chinese warships

The footage — obtained by the South China Morning Post newspaper purportedly from the British Ministry of Defence ― shows a Chinese Luyang-class destroyer nearing the port side of the American guided-missile destroyer Decatur.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

6 years ago

Navy to press patrols in disputed sea, China calls out ‘meddlers’

Adm. John Richardson, who heads U.S. naval operations, said in a news conference with Philippine military officials in Manila on Monday that such patrols highlight the U.S. position against “illegitimate maritime claims.”

6 years ago

Philippines extricates frigate snagged on shoal in disputed waters

The barren shoal is on the eastern edge of the disputed Spratly archipelago where tensions have run high in recent years after China built seven disputed reefs into man-made islands and reportedly installed missile defense systems.

6 years ago