BRISBANE, Australia — The defense forces of Australia, Japan and the U.S. signed an agreement on Friday to boost logistical interoperability between their forces, allowing their navies to refuel, reload equipment, and repair ships more smoothly and to share data on maintenance.
Representatives of each country signed a Terms of Reference while aboard the USS America, an amphibious assault ship, currently docked in Brisbane, a port city in Australia’s northeast.
