190516-N-EH218-1102 GULF OF ALASKA (May 16, 2019) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100) approaches the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) while participating in Exercise Northern Edge 2019. Northern Edge is one in a series of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command exercises in 2019 that prepares joint forces to respond to crisis in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ryan J. Batchelder/Released)