Vice Admiral Frederick William Kacher

15/02/2026

21/11/2025

SASEBO, Japan Vice Adm. Fred W. Kacher, commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, walks through sideboys as he come aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7) to visit the crew in Sasebo, Japan, June 26. Tripoli is forward deployed to Sasebo, Japan, and operates in U.S 7th Fleet, the U.S Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, which routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Angel Conde)

21/11/2025

COMMANDER, FLEET ACTIVITIES YOKOSUKA, Japan Vice Admiral Fred W. Kacher, Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, joins Lt. Andrea L. Sematoske, U.S. 7th Fleet Bandmaster, on stage during a joint practice between the U.S. 7th Fleet Band and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Yokosuka Band at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan's Benny Decker Theater Sunday, December 15, 2024. The Vice Admiral took notes for instrumental breaks scheduled to happen between his reading of Twas The Night Before Christmas. The concert is a holiday tradition in Yokosuka over the last decade with base community members and their guests typically filling the theater's auditorium to standing room only. This year marks the first time the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Yokosuka Band and the Department of Defense Education Activity's Nile C. Kinnick High School Drumline and the school's choir all joined in the celebration.

(U.S. Navy photo by James Kimber)

21/11/2025

Rear Adm. Gregory Newkirk, left, Commander, Task Force (CTF) 70, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Rear Adm. Takashi Natsui, Republic of Korea Navy Rear Adm. Sungjae Hur, Commander, Maritime Task Flotilla (MTF) 7, and Vice Adm. Fred W. Kacher, Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, pose for a photo during a press conference in the hangar bay aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) during Freedom Edge 24-2 in the East China Sea, Nov. 14, 2024. Freedom Edge demonstrates a new era of trilateral cooperation to ensure peace and stability in the Korean Peninsula and the Indo-Pacific. George Washington is 7th Fleet’s premier forward-deployed aircraft carrier, a long-standing symbol of the United States’ commitment to maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific region, while operating alongside Allies and partners across the U.S. Navy’s largest numbered fleet.

(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Travis S. Hanes)

21/11/2025

Vice Adm. Fred W. Kacher, Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, thanks Sailors on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) during Freedom Edge 24-2 in the East China Sea, Nov. 14, 2024. Freedom Edge demonstrates a new era of trilateral cooperation to ensure peace and stability in the Korean Peninsula and the Indo-Pacific. George Washington is 7th Fleet’s premier forward-deployed aircraft carrier, a long-standing symbol of the United States’ commitment to maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific region, while operating alongside Allies and partners across the U.S. Navy’s largest numbered fleet.

(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class August Clawson)

21/11/2025

Hon. Rahm Emanuel, U.S. ambassador to Japan, center left, Hon. KAMIJI Katsuaki, mayor of Yokosuka, Japan, center right, Vice Adm. Fred W. Kacher, Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, Lt. Gen. Stephen F. Jost, Commander, U.S. Forces Japan, Vice Adm. OMACHI Katsushi, commander-in-chief, Japan Self-Defense Fleet and Capt. Tim Waits, commanding officer of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), pose for a photo on the bridge after the ship returned to Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Nov. 22, 2024. George Washington is 7th Fleet’s premier forward-deployed aircraft carrier, a long-standing symbol of the United States’ commitment to maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific region, while operating alongside allies and partners across the U.S. Navy’s largest numbered fleet.

(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Jarrett)

21/11/2025

SASEBO, Japan Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jonathan Cutler, left, from New York, assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), is pinned by his wife, in Sasebo, Japan, April 4. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jeadan Andre)

21/11/2025

SASEBO, Japan Vice Adm. Fred W. Kacher, commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, walks the waterfront with USS America leadership in Sasebo, Japan, April 4. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Kenneth Melseth)