{"id":227090,"date":"2024-07-17T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=227090"},"modified":"2024-07-17T15:29:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T15:29:09","slug":"uss-blue-ridge-arrives-in-port-klang-malaysia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=227090","title":{"rendered":"USS Blue Ridge arrives in Port Klang, Malaysia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p>The port visit demonstrates the continuation of over 65 years of economic, security, and people-to-people relations between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thank you to the people of Port Klang and Kuala Lumpur for their warm welcome of our Blue Ridge and Seventh Fleet teams,\u201d said Vice Adm. Fred Kacher, commander, U.S. 7th Fleet. \u201cMalaysia is a key partner for us in the region, and this port visit provides us an important opportunity to meet with our Royal Malaysian Navy counterparts, engage with the community here, and enjoy the local sights and culture.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During the port visit, 7th Fleet and Blue Ridge leadership will meet with their Malaysian counterparts and local leaders to discuss ways to further advance the U.S.-Malaysia military partnership. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaritime security in the region has been and remains a top priority for the United States.\u00a0 The visit of the USS Blue Ridge to Malaysia is a testament to our strong defense partnership, which includes 14 bilateral and multilateral exercises with Malaysia.\u00a0 The United States is committed to further bolstering this partnership and deepening our robust and growing defense cooperation with Malaysia,\u201d said Manu Bhalla, Charg\u00e9 d\u2019Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Kuala Lumpur.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, members from the ship\u2019s crew and the 7th Fleet staff will participate in community relations and cultural events to learn about the local history, and engage with the community and people of Kuala Lumpur.<\/p>\n<p>As the 7th Fleet flagship, Blue Ridge is the oldest operational ship in the Navy and routinely operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region.<\/p>\n<p>7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy\u2019s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners to preserve a free and open Indo-Pacific.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The port visit demonstrates the continuation of over 65 years of economic, security, and people-to-people relations between the two countries. &#8220;Thank you to the people of Port Klang and Kuala Lumpur for their warm welcome of our Blue Ridge and Seventh Fleet teams,\u201d said Vice Adm. Fred Kacher, commander, U.S. 7th Fleet. \u201cMalaysia is a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":227092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-227090","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\/227090","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=227090"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":227093,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227090\/revisions\/227093"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/227092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=227090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=227090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=227090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}