WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news release:
Maritime forces from the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF), Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN), and U.S. Navy (USN) are conducting cooperative maritime exercise Pacific Vanguard 2026, beginning with an opening ceremony, Aug. 30.
"Pacific Vanguard is a key opportunity for our combined forces to train and develop shared interoperability," said U.S. Navy Capt. NeilGabriel, commodore of Destroyer Squadron 15. "Maintaining security across all domains in the region will always be the warfighters' priority. By exercising alongside our allies and partners during Pacific Vanguard, w...