{"id":26141,"date":"2023-09-04T09:38:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T09:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=26141"},"modified":"2023-09-06T06:41:17","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T06:41:17","slug":"u-s-philippine-navies-conduct-bilateral-sail-to-enhance-interoperability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=26141","title":{"rendered":"U.S., Philippine Navies Conduct Bilateral Sail to Enhance Interoperability"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p>During the sail, the ships completed division tactics (DIVTACS), which is at-sea training designed for ship handlers to practice maneuvering within close proximity to other vessels and improve the confidence of the bridge teams to manage more challenging sailing conditions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was a great opportunity to continue improving our ability to operate alongside our allies from the Philippines,\u201d said USS Ralph Johnson Officer Of The Deck (OOD) Lt.j.g. Vince Smetona, from San Clemente, California. \u201cThe relationship between our navies has been incredibly strong for a long time, and evolutions like this allow us to keep strengthening those bonds at a ship-level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>U.S. 7th Fleet routinely sails with allies and partners to build interoperability and address shared maritime security challenges.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cU.S. 7th\u00a0Fleet will\u00a0continue to find opportunities\u00a0to sail alongside\u00a0our allies and partners and reinforce the importance of professional maritime operations at sea anywhere international law allows.\u00a0 Our\u00a0U.S.-Philippines alliance remains vital to Indo-Pacific security and stability in the region,\u201d said Vice Adm. Karl Thomas, Commander, U.S. 7th\u00a0Fleet.\u00a0<\/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>During the sail, the ships completed division tactics (DIVTACS), which is at-sea training designed for ship handlers to practice maneuvering within close proximity to other vessels and improve the confidence of the bridge teams to manage more challenging sailing conditions. \u201cThis was a great opportunity to continue improving our ability to operate alongside our allies [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":26143,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26141","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\/26141","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=26141"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26144,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26141\/revisions\/26144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}