PHILIPPINE SEA (Jan. 22, 2022) Ensign Nate Kader, a native of Brynn Mawr, Penn., stands conning officer watch aboard Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57), 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 Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, are conducting training to preserve and protect a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Sarah Weinstein