The short deployment will focus on interoperability and innovation, ahead of a more standard deployment next year, Navy leaders say. The carrier's strike group will focus on “innovation and interoperability” as the crew becomes better acquainted with the vessel’s new capabilities. “How do we share information? How do we share intelligence? How do we gain a common understanding with each other?” Lt. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich said. Capt. Elizabeth Somerville, an EA-6B Prowler and EA-18G Growler naval flight officer, is tasked with leading the Navy’s largest developmental air wing. NATO's secretary general says the alliance wants to increase the number of its rapid reaction forces from the current 40,000 to over 300,000. Thailand and the United States are longtime military allies. Milley said Russia’s war on Ukraine undermines the rules established by Allied countries after the end of World War II. Chinese and Russian strategic bombers conducted joint flights near Japan on Tuesday. Cmdr. Brett Johnson has been temporarily reassigned to the staff of Helicopter Sea Combat Wing Atlantic. Finland had indicated it would prefer a solution that would see the two Nordic unaligned states “jump together” into NATO. Load More