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Keen Sword Exercise Shows Need for Interpreters in Military Medicine

7 December 2022

U.S. Navy medical personnel with Expeditionary Medical Facility Alpha, Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command, perform a simulated exploratory laparotomy during a demonstration of theater hospital capabilities during exercise Keen Sword 23 on Camp Foster, Japan, Nov. 17, 2022. US Marine Corps Photo

A translator is necessary when it comes to medical interoperability between the United States and its allies, the commanding officer of a Navy medical unit told USNI News.

Expeditionary Medical...

https://news.usni.org/2022/12/06/keen-sword-exercise-shows-need-for-interpreters-in-military-medicine

USS Benfold Conducts November Taiwan Strait Transit

20 November 2022

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG-65) on June 24, 2022

Guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG-65) conducted a previously unannounced Taiwan Strait transit earlier this month, Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet, told reporters on Friday.

Benfold transited the strait Nov. 5, the fourth transit of a U.S. warship since July. Benfold last sailed through the strait in July, USNI News reported. That was followed by passage by USS Antietam (CG-54) and USS Ch...

https://news.usni.org/2022/11/20/uss-benfold-conducts-november-taiwan-strait-transit

U.S. and Japan Prepare for Joint Exercise; U.S. Wraps up Drills with Allies in South China Sea

21 October 2022

U.S. Marines with Marine Air Control Squadron 4 prepare to off-load ammunition from a KC-130J Super Hercules aircraft during Resolute Dragon 22 on Camp Betsukai, Hokkaido, Japan, Oct. 8, 2022. U.S. Marine Corps Photo

The United States and Japan are preparing for a large-scale joint exercise in Japan next month, the Japanese government announced today.

Exercise Keen Sword will involve 36,000 personnel, 30 ships and 270 aircraft from the two countries, along with the crews of four ships and three...

https://news.usni.org/2022/10/21/u-s-and-japan-prepare-for-joint-exercise-u-s-wraps-up-drills-with-allies-in-south-china-sea