JMSDF destroyer to conduct joint training with Theodore Roosevelt CSG south of Spratly Islands

Japan’s Akizuki-class destroyer, JS Fuyuzuki, will carry out a joint training exercise with the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (CSG) south of the Spratly archipelago after the ships departed Singapore.

By Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force [Attribution], via Wikimedia Commons

During the training exercise, personnel from both navies will crossover to observe how each other operate.

USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) left Singapore after a four-day port call on Oct. 28. JS Fuyuzuki was in Singapore during that period too. The warships had just came back from Exercise Malabar with the Indian Navy.

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