Uploaded April 2021 | Updated September 2026, 16 hours ago

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America FLEXES MUSCLES in SOUTH CHINA SEA! (Carrier Strike Group + Amphibious Ready Group Transits)

Latest Navy News: In a significant show of naval strength, the United States Navy's largest forward deployed fleet—the 7th fleet—today conducted a South China Sea transit; the impressive formation comprised the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal (CG 73).

(Video also features flight deck operations footage including steam catapult launches.)

Credit: DoD

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