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The guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) prepares to moor at its new homeport at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. (U.S. Navy Photo)

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China claims most of the resource-rich South China Sea, despite claims from Brunei, Vietnam and the Philippines. (TED ALJIBE/AFP/File) -- Military.com

Beijing Slams Sail-By in South China Sea by US Destroyers

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The amphibious assault ship Wasp arrived in the Philippines on March 31, 2019, with at least 10 F-35B Joint Strike Fighter jets to participate in Exercise Balikatan. The ship sailed through the South China Sea on the way to the exercise. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Benjamin F. Davella III/Navy)

Navy Amphib Sails Through South China Sea with a Bunch of F-35s Aboard

The amphibious assault ship Wasp made its way to the Philippines with at least 10 F-35B Joint Strike Fighter jets aboard.

U.S. Vice Adm. Phillip Sawyer, commander of the U.S. Navy's Seventh Fleet, gestures during an interview with a select group of journalists aboard the USS Blue Ridge, the U.S. 7th Fleet Flagship, while docked at Manila South Harbor in Manila, Philippines Monday, March 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf participates in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), July 29, 2018. (U.S. Coast Guard/Petty Officer 2nd Class David Weydert)

Coast Guard Cutter Joins Navy Destroyer in Freedom-of-Navigation Op in Pacific

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FILE - In this March 1, 2019, file photo, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference with Philippines Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. at the Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs Home Office in Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool, File)

Philippines Worried It May Get Involved in War at Sea for US

The Philippines could become embroiled in a conflict because of its 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty with Washington.

China Lashes Out at 'US Tricks,' as Navy Ships Sail by Disputed Islands

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Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Walter S. Diehl (T-AO 193) conducts a replenishment at sea (U.S. Navy photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Jeanette Mullinax)

Navy Sends Destroyer, Refueler Through Taiwan Strait amid China Tensions

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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, officers and soldiers of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy hold a welcome ceremony as a Russian naval ship arrives in port in Zhanjiang in southern China's Guangdong

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In this Oct. 29, 2018 photo, Navy Adm. John Richardson, chief of naval operations, speaks during a news conference at Camp Aguinaldo in suburban Quezon City, Philippines. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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