TOKYO (AP) — The commander of the Navy's 7th Fleet will be removed after a series of warship accidents in the Pacific this year, two U.S. officials said Wednesday. One official said that Vice Adm.

The Navy on Wednesday removed Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin, the three-star commander of the 7th Fleet, after four ship collisions in the Western Pacific over the past year, the service announced. The ...

WASHINGTON/TOKYO (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy on Wednesday said it had removed Seventh Fleet Commander Vice Admiral Joseph Aucoin after a series of collisions involving its warships in Asia as the search ...

TOKYO (AP) — The U.S. Navy has announced that the commander of its 7th Fleet has been dismissed “due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command.” U.S. Pacific Fleet commander Adm. Scott Swift ...

Rear Adm. Michael Donnelly seen in 2022 as commander of Carrier Strike Group 5, speaking to members of the press. (MCS2 Class Askia Collins/U.S. Navy) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth withdrew a Navy ...

TOKYO — The U.S. Navy dismissed the commander of the Asia-based 7th Fleet on Wednesday after a series of warship accidents raised questions about its operations in the Pacific. A two-sentence ...

TOKYO —The U.S. Navy dismissed the commander of the Asia-based 7th Fleet on Wednesday after a series of warship accidents, the most recent of which left a Sangamon Valley High School graduate among 10 ...

YOKOSUKA (Reuters) - The USS Fitzgerald came close to sinking or foundering after the collision with a container ship ripped a big gash under the warships waterline, the commander of the United States ...