A United States warship has arrived in Australia ahead of the country’s largest-ever joint military drills with international partners, just before a high-level summit between Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and U.S. President Donald Trump.
The USS America, an amphibious assault ship and the lead vessel of the U.S. Navy’s strike group in the Indo-Pacific, entered Sydney Harbour on Saturday. It is the first of three U.S. Navy ships to arrive, carrying about 2,500 American sailors and marines, along with advanced submarine-hunting helicopters and F-35B fighter jets.
According to officials, over 30,000 military personnel from 19 countries are starting to arrive in Australia for the drills. The exercise is scheduled to begin next month and will stretch across 6,500 kilometers, from Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean to the Coral Sea off Australia’s east coast.
Rear Admiral Tom Shultz, who commands the USS America, said that training in Australia was essential to keeping the U.S.
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