ANNUALEX
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ANNUALEX{{cite book |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=January 2009|title=Mariana Islands Range Complex: Environmental Impact Statement |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dPg3AQAAMAAJ&q=annualex |volume=2|format=Draft |location=Pearl Harbor, HI |page=XVIII|publisher=United States Department of the Navy |isbn= |quote=ANNUALEX stands for 'Annual Exercise'|access-date=18 December 2022}} or AnnualEx (AE) is a military exercise by the United States Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.{{cite web|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/annualex.htm|first=John |last=Pike|publisher=GlobalSecurity.org|title=Annual Exercise (ANNUALEX)|accessdate=18 December 2022}} It is annually held in the Southern Sea of Japan.
The official definition reads: [ANNUALEX] …
{{Quote|text=… is a bilateral training exercise between the Navy and JMSDF conducted in the waters south of Japan, to practice and evaluate the coordination, procedures, and interoperability elements required to effectively and cohesively respond to the defense of Japan or to a regional contingency in the Indo-Asia-Pacific. |author= United States Navy|source= Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Sara B. Sexton, Commander, Task Force 70 Public Affairs, Japanese Admiral Embarks Ronald Reagan as Sea Combatant Commander During AnnualEx 16{{cite web |last1=Sexton |first1=Sara B. |title=Japanese Admiral Embarks Ronald Reagan as Sea Combatant Commander During AnnualEx 16 (Story Number: NNS151124-06) |url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2015/11/mil-151124-nns01.htm |website=GlobalSecurity.org |publisher=Navy News Service |access-date=18 December 2022}}}}
History
The first ANNUALEX was held between November 5 and 15, 1996. ANNUALEX 13g was held from November 4–11, 2016, and participation included 750 American military personnel.
ANNUALEX 2021 was held from November 21–30 in the Philippine Sea. Five international navies participated, including the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), German Navy (GMN), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), and the U.S. Navy.{{cite news |last1=Camacho |first1=Charena |title=Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan and the U.S. join for ANNUALEX 2021 |url=https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/2850461/australia-canada-germany-japan-and-the-us-join-for-annualex-2021/ |access-date=18 December 2022 |publisher=U.S. Navy Office of Information |date=21 November 2021}}
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