Vice Adm. Patrick J. Hannifin took over for Vice Adm. Fred W. Kacher as commander of the U.S. 7th Fleet, which covers the Navy's largest operations area.

This story has been corrected. The USS Blue Ridge, the 7 th Fleet flagship, steamed into Manila this month for a port call, its first since 2019, the day after Chinese and Philippine sailors clashed ...

The U.S. 7th Fleet's flagship Blue Ridge, which hadn’t visited Guam since 2020, departed June 17. (MCS Andres Fonts/U.S. Navy) The U.S. 7th Fleet’s flagship Blue Ridge set sail from Guam on Tuesday ...

Lt. Cmdr. Danett Bishop, from Hawthorn Woods, Illinois, tests respiratory samples in the biological safety lab of amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) on March 18, 2020. (U.S. Navy photo by ...

Rear Adm. Donnelly's nomination for command of the Navy's Seventh Fleet - submitted by President Donald Trump and approved by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth - was confirmed by the Senate on June 29. A ...