Commander Jen Landry assumed command of FST in September 2021. FST is collocated at Mississippi's Stennis Space Center.
Comprised of approximately fifty-five military and civilian members, the Navy's Fleet Survey Team (FST) is collocated with the Naval Oceanographic Office and the Commander, Naval
U.S. Carriers Train In South China Sea In Likely Signal To Beijing
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
Aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 fly over the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group and the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group in the South China Sea on Tuesday.
Seaman Deirdre Marsac / USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)
In an apparent signal to Beijing, the U.S. Navy announced Tuesday that a pair of carrier strike groups were conducting exercises in the South China Sea.
The move a show of strength apparently meant to signal the new administration s determination to stand firm against China s steady encroachment in the strategic waterway comes just days after the destroyer USS John S. McCain conducted operations in the vicinity of the Paracel Islands, a disputed archipelago in the region claimed by China, Vietnam and Taiwan.