{"id":27504,"date":"2021-06-15T20:34:51","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T20:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/06\/15\/reagan-carrier-strike-group-heads-into-south-china-sea-for-first-time-during-2021-deployment\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:04:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:04:53","slug":"reagan-carrier-strike-group-heads-into-south-china-sea-for-first-time-during-2021-deployment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/06\/15\/reagan-carrier-strike-group-heads-into-south-china-sea-for-first-time-during-2021-deployment\/","title":{"rendered":"Reagan Carrier Strike Group heads into South China Sea for first time during 2021 deployment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan and its carrier strike group waded into the waters of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/02\/17\/guided-missile-destroyer-russell-conducts-fonop-in-south-china-sea-by-spratly-islands\/\" target=\"_blank\">South China Sea<\/a> Monday \u2014 marking the first time it has done so during its 2021 deployment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The carrier strike group is completing maritime security operations, flight operations, maritime strike exercises, and coordinated tactical training between surface and air units while in the South China Sea, according to the Navy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy reiterated its vow to maintain freedom of navigation in the contested region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe South China Sea is pivotal to the free flow of commerce that fuels the economies of those nations committed to international law and rules based order,\u201d Rear Adm. 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