PHILIPPINE SEA (Jan. 22, 2022) Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53), left, and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley (DDG 101) transit the Philippine Sea, Jan. 22, 2022. Operating as part of U.S. Pacific Fleet, units assigned to the Carl Vinson and Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Groups, the America and Essex Amphibious Ready Groups, alongside the 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 3rd Class Isaak Martinez)