220113-N-PV401-1074 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Jan. 13, 2022) From left, Wasp-class landing helicopter dock USS Essex (LHD 2), Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52), Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Alan Shephard (T-AKE 3), transit the South China Sea, Jan. 13, 2022. Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (VINCSG) and Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ESX ARG) are conducting joint expeditionary strike force operations in the South China Sea as part of conti


220113-N-PV401-1074 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Jan. 13, 2022) From left, Wasp-class landing helicopter dock USS Essex (LHD 2), Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52), Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Alan Shephard (T-AKE 3), transit the South China Sea, Jan. 13, 2022. Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (VINCSG) and Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ESX ARG) are conducting joint expeditionary strike force operations in the South China Sea as part of continuing and routine interoperability training operations in the Indo-Pacific region. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Elizabeth Grubbs)


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