220122-N-PQ495-1441 PHILIPPINE SEA (Jan. 22, 2022) From left, Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), Wasp-class landing helicopter dock USS Essex (LHD 2), Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Hyuga-class helicopter destroyer JS Hyuga (DDH 181), Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley (DDG 101), Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90), Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53), America-class amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), and Ticonderoga-class g


220122-N-PQ495-1441 PHILIPPINE SEA (Jan. 22, 2022) From left, Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), Wasp-class landing helicopter dock USS Essex (LHD 2), Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Hyuga-class helicopter destroyer JS Hyuga (DDH 181), Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley (DDG 101), Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90), Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53), America-class amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), and Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) transit the Philippine Sea Jan. 22, 2022. Operating as part of Pacific Fleet, units assigned to Carl Vinson and Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Groups, Essex and America Amphibious Ready Groups and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, are conducting training to preserve and protect a free and open Indo-Pacific region. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Larissa T. Dougherty)


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