{"id":18410,"date":"2023-07-11T06:21:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T06:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=18410"},"modified":"2023-07-12T06:41:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T06:41:33","slug":"vp-16-hosts-brunei-distinguished-visitors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=18410","title":{"rendered":"VP-16 Hosts Brunei Distinguished Visitors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cBrunei and the U.S. have a shared interest in regional security and stability,\u201d said Cmdr. Patrick Reilly, VP-16 executive officer. \u201cThe purpose of this detachment was to promote maritime security while confirming the United States\u2019 commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The War Eagles were joined by His Royal Highness Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah ibni, His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu\u2019izzaddin Waddaulah the Crown Prince, and Senior Minister at the Prime Minister\u2019s Office. Also attending the flight with the Crown Prince was Brigadier General Dato Seri Pahlawan Haji Alirupendi bin Haji Perudin, Acting Deputy Commander Colonel Hishamuddin bin Abidin, and U.S. Ambassador to Brunei Darussalam Caryn R. McClelland.<\/p>\n<p>During the flight, the DVs observed the capabilities of the P-8A aircraft and patrolled Brunei\u2019s exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea. VP-16 conducted additional flights with members of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were delighted to host the visit of VP-16,\u201d said Ambassador McClelland. \u201cThe U.S. demonstrated its commitment to partnering with Brunei to enhance maritime domain awareness and security cooperation in defense of a free and open Indo-Pacific region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the flights, the War Eagles participated in sporting events with RBAirF personnel from 15 Squadron, No. 1 Wing and 55 Squadron, No. 5. Wing. The two nations also organized games of \u201cCapture the Flag\u201d and VP-16 was introduced to the traditional Malay game \u201cKaki Tiga\u201d. Afterwards, the squadrons conducted subject matter expert exchanges to trade knowledge and experience in aviation and operations in the South China Sea.<\/p>\n<p>The VP-16 \u201cWar Eagles\u201d are based in Jacksonville, Florida, and are currently forward deployed to Kadena Air Base, Japan. The squadron conducts maritime patrol and reconnaissance as part of a rotational deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy\u2019s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cBrunei and the U.S. have a shared interest in regional security and stability,\u201d said Cmdr. Patrick Reilly, VP-16 executive officer. \u201cThe purpose of this detachment was to promote maritime security while confirming the United States\u2019 commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.\u201d The War Eagles were joined by His Royal Highness Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":18412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18410"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18413,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18410\/revisions\/18413"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}