The U.S. Seventh Fleet said the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group concluded a two-day Maritime Cooperative Activity, or MCA, with the Philippine armed forces.According to the Philippine military, the MCA was carried out near Palawan, which is the country’s westernmost province in waters in the South China Sea that fall within Manila’s 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone.This was 2025’s first maritime wargame between the US and the Philippines.While the US Navy deployed a US Carrier strike group led by the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson and included USS Princeton, USS Sterett, the Philippine Navy deployed the BRP Antonio Luna, BRP Andres Bonifacio, two FA-50 fighter aircraft, and Philippine Air Force Search and Rescue assets.On January 17, the joint US-Philippine naval assets carried out a communications check exercise, division tactics/officer of the watch maneuver, and a photo exercise. The activities continued on January 18 with dissimilar aircraft combat training.In this video, Defense Updates analyzes how the U.S. sent a message to China with the Carl Vinson CSG exercise with Philippine forces in SCS ?#defenseupdates #usvschina #southchinaseadispute Chapters:00:11 INTRODUCTION02:18 BACKGROUND04:02 KEY STATEMENTS05:16 USS CARL VINSON CSG07:01 ANALYSIS
