U.S. Pacific Fleet Forces, Alongside JMSDF, Participate in Joint Training Exercise [Image 10 of 13]

PHILIPPINE SEA

01.22.2022

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Haydn Smith 

USS Carl Vinson   

220122-N-HS181-1463 PHILIPPINE SEA (Jan. 22, 2022) Aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2, CVW 9 and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) fly over the Philippine Sea as Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), JMSDF Hyuga-class helicopter destroyer JS Hyuga (DDH 181), America-class amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) and USS Lake Champlain (CG 57), and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Spruance (DDG 111), USS Chafee (DDG 90) and USS Gridley (DDG 101) transit the Philippine Sea, Jan. 22, 2022. Operating as part of U.S. Pacific Fleet, units assigned to Carl Vinson and Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Groups, America and Essex Amphibious Ready Groups, alongside JMSDF are conducting training to preserve and protect a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Haydn N. Smith)

• Date Taken: 01.22.2022
• Date Posted: 01.22.2022 11:16
• Photo ID: 7018812
• VIRIN: 220122-N-HS181-1463
• Resolution: 4804x2702
• Size: 1.06 MB
• Location: PHILIPPINE SEA