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Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Brown

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, USS Carl Vinson, USS Wayne E. Meyer, USS Lake Champlain Participate in a Photo Exercise in the Philippine Sea

U.S. Navy

March 28, 2017 | 1:59

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers JS Hamagiri (DD 155), JS Samidare (DD 106), JS Umigiri (DD 1), JS Yudachi (DD 103) and the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) participate in a photo exercise in the Philippine Sea. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled western Pacific deployment as part of the U.S. Pacific Fleet-initiative to extend the command and control functions of U.S. 3rd Fleet. U.S. Navy aircraft carrier strike groups have patrolled the Indo-Asia-Pacific regularly and routinely for more than 70 years. (U.S. Navy video by MC3 Matt Brown/Released)