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The Pacific pivot

Vice Adm. Richard Brown, commander of Naval Surface Forces/Naval Surface Force U.S. Pacific Fleet, speaks at the Surface Navy Association’s 31st National Symposium Tuesday in Arlington, Va. The theme of this year’s gathering is “Ready, Agile, Focused: Own the Fight!” <br>Caitlin M. Kenney/Stars and Stripes

Vice Adm. Richard Brown, commander of Naval Surface Forces/Naval Surface Force U.S. Pacific Fleet, speaks at the Surface Navy Association’s 31st National Symposium Tuesday in Arlington, Va. The theme of this year’s gathering is “Ready, Agile, Focused: Own the Fight!” <br>Caitlin M. Kenney/Stars and Stripes

Navy Surface Forces’ strategy focused on fight for power

Today’s strategic environment and how it is shaping the Navy’s tactics and shipbuilding are similar to the Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, said Vice Adm. Richard Brown, commander of Naval Surface Forces/Naval Surface Force U.S. Pacific Fleet.

Soldiers from the Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.-based I Corps and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force kicked off the 37th Yama Sakura exercise in Hokkaido, Japan, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018.<br>Courtesy of U.S. Army

Soldiers from the Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.-based I Corps and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force kicked off the 37th Yama Sakura exercise in Hokkaido, Japan, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018.<br>Courtesy of U.S. Army

US and Japanese soldiers kick off annual Yama Sakura drills in Hokkaido

A joint command-post exercise called Yama Sakura tests the allies’ capability to defend Japanese territory as a unified fighting force.