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.

Staff Sgt. Gary Likiak approaches the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH-19), via boat, prior to its departure from Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands, after the Pacific Partnership 2024-1 on ...

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.

The traditional U.S. role in the western Pacific, a mainstay of American foreign policy since the end of World War II, is under threat as China gains growing military and economic power and as ...

1973 - 45; 1983 - 51; 1984 - 65; 1998 - 53; 2024 - 58 "4 of the 5 years ended up with below-average Northern Hemisphere named storms, but 2024 was just slightly below normal," he said.

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 ...

There are variations around the world, particularly in the Western Pacific, in how countries name and measure tropical cyclones. We can explain. By Mike Ives The writer is based in South Korea and ...