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US, Japan navies make early start to exercise Valiant Shield

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Alex Wilson

Stars and Stripes • June 22, 2026

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U.S. Navy aircraft attached to Carrier Air Wing 5, and U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs fly over the George Washington Carrier Strike Group as it sails in formation with the Japan Maritime Self- Defense Force as part of Valiant Shield 2026 in the Philippine Sea, June 21, 2026. (Tyler Crowley/U.S. Navy)

The aircraft carrier USS George Washington and its escorts joined Japanese warships over the weekend in the Philippine Sea, putting allied naval power on display as the U.S. and Japan opened exercise Valiant Shield.

The exercise, in its 11th iteration since 2006, brings allied forces together with all six arms of the U.S. military for drills in the western Pacific, including in and around Guam, Japan and the Northern Mariana Islands, according to a Sunday news release from U.S. Pacific Fleet.