United States Navy ships from the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group and the Zumwalt-class destroyer USS Michael Monsoor, far right, sail in formation in the Western Pacific Ocean on April 10, 2025.

The re-tasking of U.S. naval ships assigned to the western Pacific theater comes as China—now possessing the world's largest navy by hull count, with more than 370 vessels—expands its military ...

The US Air Force will conduct a new, massive exercise in the Western Pacific next summer. It'll pull forces from the continental US, Alaska, Guam, and Hawaii.

Two Chinese aircraft carrier strike groups have simultaneously deployed to the Western Pacific – a first for the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), Japanese officials said on Tuesday ...

Petty Officer 3rd Class Israel Montano, front, and Airman Erick Telloayaca run on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington while underway in the Pacific Ocean, Aug. 25, 2024 ...

The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group departed Naval Base Kitsap Bremerton in Washington for a scheduled deployment to the Western Pacific. This will likely be the last deployment for the USS Nimitz ...

Over the past 15 years, Beijing’s ability to project power in the Western Pacific, he claimed, had risen to alarming levels, with the likelihood of war “increasing” and, he predicted, it ...