PHILIPPINE SEA (Jan. 22, 2022) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), left, the Wasp-class landing helicopter dock USS Essex (LHD 2), USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Hyuga-class helicopter destroyer JS Hyuga (DDH 181), the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley (DDG 101), USS Chafee (DDG 90), the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53), the America-class amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) and USS Spruance (DDG 111) 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 Larissa T. Dougherty)