The U.S. Navy on Wednesday relieved the admiral in charge of the service’s 7th Fleet based in Japan due to “loss of confidence” in his ability to command, it said in a statement. The move ...

The U.S. Navy will relieve the commander of its 7th Fleet from duty after the fleet suffered its second deadly mishap in less than three months, a U.S. defense official confirmed to Fox News.

For its outsized impact on the world stage, the Navy’s 7th Fleet cruiser and destroyer flotilla numbers only 11 ships, meaning the total number of “CRUDES” sailors here is less than the ...

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — A veteran surface warfare officer took the helm of the U.S. 7th Fleet on Thursday amid a flurry of naval activity in the South China Sea and surrounding areas.

The U.S. Navy plans to relieve Joseph Aucoin as commander of the US 7th Fleet, based in Japan, following the USS John S. McCain's collision with an oil tanker off Malaysia, The Wall Street ...

Vice Adm. Bill Merz delivers remarks to the audience during the change of command ceremony for Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet at the Fleet Theater on board Yokosuka Naval Base on Sept. 12, 2019.

The U.S. military is also taking safety precautions in South Korea and Italy. The U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet said Tuesday it will screen all personnel boarding its ships for coronavirus-- formally ...

The U.S. Navy dismissed Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin as commander of the 7th Fleet on Wednesday, following the deadly collision between the USS John S. McCain and an oil tanker off Malaysia.

Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin, then-commander U.S. 7th Fleet gives an update after the warship Fitzgerald collided with a merchant vessel off Japan in June, killing seven sailors. Aucoin would later be ...

“It is hard on a body and hard on the mind.” After four different groundings and collisions in less than a year in its Japan-based 7th Fleet — including the crashes of the advanced guided ...

Much more than a contracting scandal, the investigation has revealed how Francis seduced the Navy’s storied 7th Fleet, long a proving ground for admirals given its strategic role in patrolling ...