USNI News Western Pacific Pulse: Sept. 18, 2026

The following is a summary of major ship movements and exercises in the Western Pacific over the last week. In the Philippine Sea The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations as it makes its way home to San Diego, Calif., following more than eight months in the Middle East. Aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG-121) and cruiser USS Robert Smalls (CG-62) transited the Surigao St

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