https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/usni-news-western-pacific-pulse-oct-23-2026Continuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/usni-news-western-pacific-pulse-oct-23-2026https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/usni-news-western-pacific-pulse-oct-23-2026#u159279Wed, 28 Oct 2026 07:05:27 +0000United States and Japanese forces have kicked off joint military exercises across the region as regional tensions rise. The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group is sailing in the Philippine Sea to participate in the Keen Sword drills. Operations feature combined events including an aircraft elephant walk at an Okinawa airfield, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force US-2 rescue training at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, and airfield damage repair training. Concurrently, Super Typhoon Champi is disrupting scheduled drills across southern Japan, prompting forces to conduct exercises under extre