READOUT: Pacific Fleet Commander’s journey to Japan, April 13-15 > U.S. Pacific Fleet > News

 

In Yokota and Tokyo, Koehler met with senior Japanese and U.S. officers to debate safety challenges and methods to extend readiness and interoperability whereas strengthening credible deterrence within the Indo-Pacific.

The conferences included:

• Adm. Akira Saito, chief of employees, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
• Adm. Tateki Tawara, commander, Japan Self-Defense Forces Joint Operations Command (JJOC)
• Lt. Gen. Hidetada Inatsuki, commander, Air Defence Command (ADC), Japan Air Self-Defence Force
• U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass
• Lt. Gen. Stephen Jost, commander, U.S. Forces Japan

 

Koehler and Davis additionally visited Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka. They mentioned high quality of service points with Sailors over lunch on the base galley, met with U.S. Naval Forces Japan and set up management, and performed an all arms name on the flight deck aboard the forward-deployed Nimitz-class plane service USS George Washington (CVN 73).

 

During the all-hands name, Koehler and Davis thanked Sailors, Civilians, and their households for his or her service and help. They additionally mentioned Koehler’s Fleet Orders and the way the crew’s professionalism, teamwork, security, and resiliency guarantee our Navy is prepared to reply to any contingency throughout the globe at any time.

 

Koehler met with City of Yokosuka Mayor Katsuaki Kamiji and thanked him for his help to the forward-deployed naval forces (FDNF) assigned there.

 

Koehler and Davis then visited with Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 and toured their coaching amenities at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni. They acknowledged the excellent job of a number of Sailors and expressed their gratitude for his or her unwavering dedication to the mission.

 

The go to to Japan underscored the United States’ dedication to peace and stability within the area, dedicated to enhancing resiliency and interoperability between U.S. and Japanese forces, and different regional allies and companions.