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.

Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin has been relieved of his duty as the commander of the US 7th Fleet, based in Yokosuka, Japan, according to the Navy. This follows an incident Monday in which the guided-missile ...

TOKYO (AP) — The commander of the U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet has been relieved of duty following a series of warship accidents that raised questions about its operations in the Pacific. The firing of Vice ...

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. It was the ...

Rear Adm. Victor G. Guillory received his first star during a brief ceremony Thursday aboard the U.S. Seventh Fleet flagship, the USS Blue Ridge. Vice Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert, Seventh Fleet ...

USS Blue Ridge may be the U.S. Navy’s oldest operational warship, but it remains the brain of the Seventh Fleet in the ...

Join the CSIS International Security Program and the U.S. Naval Institute for a Maritime Security Dialogue event with Vice Admiral Karl Thomas, USN, Commander, SEVENTH Fleet on Friday, October 14, ...

TOKYO (AP) -- The commander of the Navy's Asia-based 7th Fleet was dismissed Wednesday after a series of warship accidents raised questions about its operations in the Pacific. A two-sentence ...