U.S. Marine Corps

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Aug. 5, 2024

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These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Aug. 5, 2024, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship.

Ships Underway

Total Battle ForceDeployedUnderway
297
(USS 237, USNS 60)		101
(USS 70, USNS 31)		79
(47 Deployed, 35 Local)

In the Philippine Sea

Navy Sailor assigned to...

https://news.usni.org/2024/08/05/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-aug-5-2024

Investigation into 2023 U.S. Air Force CV-22B Osprey Crash off Japan

The following is the June 6, 2024, U.S. Air Force Aircraft Accident Investigation Board report on the Nov. 29, 2023 crash of an Air Force CV-22B off the coast of Yakushima Island, Japan.

From the report

Executive Summary

On 29 November 2023, at approximately 1440 local time (L), mishap aircraft (MA), a CV-22B aircraft, tail number (TIN) 10-0054, impacted the water approximately one-half mile off the coast of Yakushima Island, Japan, while participating in a joint inter-operability exercise. The...

https://news.usni.org/2024/08/02/investigation-into-2023-u-s-air-force-cv-22b-osprey-crash-off-japan

Chinese, Russian Warships Sail Around Japanese Islands

People’s Liberation Army Navy destroyer CNS Kaifeng (124) and frigate CNS Yantai (538). JSO Photo

Several Chinese and Russian ships and a Chinese unmanned aerial vehicle operated around Japan on Sunday and Monday, according to the Japanese Joint Staff Office.

People’s Liberation Army Navy destroyer CNS Kaifeng (124) and frigate CNS Yantai (538) were sighted sailing northwest 31 miles south of Yonaguni Island and then sailed north in the waters between Yonaguni Island and Taiwan, according to a...

https://news.usni.org/2024/07/30/chinese-russian-warships-sail-around-japanese-islands

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: July 29, 2024

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These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of July 29, 2024, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship. 

Ships Underway

Total Battle ForceDeployedUnderway
296
(USS 236, USNS 60)		104
(USS 72, USNS 32)		90
(55 Deployed, 35 Local)

In the Philippine Sea

Sailors assigned to the...

U.S., Partners Experiment with New Weapon Systems During RIMPAC 2024 SINKEX

Royal Netherlands Navy De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate HNLMS Tromp (F803) fires a Harpoon missile during a long-planned live fire sinking exercise as part of Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024. Royal Netherlands Navy Photo

The U.S. military is experimenting with potential future weapon systems at the ongoing Rim of the Pacific 2024 exercise in Hawaii, using a weapon known as QUICKSINK during the biennial drill’s sinking exercise.

U.S. forces used QUICKSINK – born out of collaboration...

https://news.usni.org/2024/07/23/u-s-partners-experiment-with-new-weapon-systems-during-rimpac-2024-sinkex

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: July 22, 2024

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These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of July 22, 2024, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship. 

Ships Underway

Total Battle Force DeployedUnderway
297
(USS 237, USNS 60)		103
(USS 71, USNS 32)		85
(54 Deployed, 31 Local)

In Okinawa

An MH-60S Seahawk from Helicopter...

https://news.usni.org/2024/07/22/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-july-22-2024

Chinese PLAN and Russian Navy Finish South China Sea Exercise

Guided-missile destroyer CNS Dalian (105) attached to the PLA Southern Theater Command sails during a far-sea joint training drill in early April, 2023. Chinese MoD Photo

China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy and the Russian Navy wrapped up a joint exercise in the South China Sea and a separate joint naval patrol this week. 

The two navies finished what the PLAN calls Joint Sea 2024, which is known as Maritime Interaction 2024 to the Russians. The drills began on Monday in the South China Sea,...

https://news.usni.org/2024/07/18/chinese-plan-and-russian-navy-finish-south-china-sea-exercise

USS Boxer Back on Deployment After Repairs

USS Boxer (LHD-4) leaving San Diego on July 16, 2024. San Diego Web Cam Photo

Amphibious warship USS Boxer (LHD-4) is underway and has resumed its deployment after an emergency rudder repair, USNI News has learned.
Boxer left San Diego, Calif., on Tuesday, according to ship spotters. Boxer was there after a brief port visit to fuel and crane off an MV-22B that was damaged in a deck-handling mishap, a Navy spokesperson told USNI News.

“Following a successful operational test of its rudders, the...

https://news.usni.org/2024/07/17/uss-boxer-back-on-deployment-after-repairs

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: July 15, 2024

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These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of July 15, 2024, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship.

Ships Underway

Total Battle Force DeployedUnderway
297
(USS 236, USNS 61)		103
(USS 71, USNS 32)		76
(49 Deployed, 28 Local)

In the South China Sea

Sailors man the rails...

https://news.usni.org/2024/07/15/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-july-15-2024

Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln Leaves on Deployment, USS Theodore Roosevelt Now in the Middle East

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) departing San Diego, Calif., on July 11, 2024. Photo via Warshipcam on X

With no fanfare, aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) left San Diego Bay Thursday to begin a planned Pacific deployment, Navy officials confirmed to USNI News.
Ship spotters saw Lincoln depart its berth at Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., on Thursday

Now off the coast of California, Lincoln will embark aircraft from Carrier Air Wing 9 and serve as the flag ship for Carrier Strike...

https://news.usni.org/2024/07/12/carrier-uss-abraham-lincoln-leaves-on-deployment-uss-theodore-roosevelt-now-in-the-middle-east

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