PHILIPPINE SEA (Jan. 22, 2022) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111), left, the America-class amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) and Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) 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, 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. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Leon Vonguyen)