The forward deployment of warships marks Washington's commitment to maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific region, the Navy said.

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.

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.

Several European nations conducted operational deployments to the Western Pacific this year, combining national strategies, international commitments and participation in the biennial Rim of the ...

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 ...

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.

A U.S. historian and political scientist warns that the United States and its allies may have less than a decade to keep China from triggering a conflict in the western Pacific that could spiral ...