The US Sends Another Strong Message to China

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David Larter, The US Sends Another Strong Message to China. Navy Times, June 20, 2016.
http://www.navytimes.com/story/m ... -wraps-up/86155488/

Note: "Not long after departing the South China Sea, the Stennis participated in a massive show of force in the Philippine Sea as it rendezvoused with carrier Ronald Reagan. In a release, Navy Task Force 70 headlined the dual carrier flight operations as 'Two carrier strike groups double down in Western Pacific' * * * Rear Adm. John Alexander, the Reagan's strike group commander, said in the CTF 70 release."
(a) Philippine Sea
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_Sea
(b) The CTF in "CTF 70" stands for "Commander, Task Force" (United States Naby's various Web pages sometimes use a comma, and in some other times do not (all without explanation).
(i) Commander, US 7th Fleet (abbreviated as "C7F"), undated
www.c7f.navy.mil
("7th Fleet Task Forces" has, as of today, CTF-70, -71, -72, -73, -74, 075, 076, 078 and -79, without -77)
(ii) task force
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Task_force
(section 1 Naval, section 1.1         United States Navy)