PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 19, 2023) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Murasame-class destroyer JS Yudachi (DD 103), the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Sterett (DDG 104) and USS Kidd (DDG 100) transit the Philippine Sea in formation, Nov. 19, 2023. Carl Vinson, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1, is deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Benjamin Ringers)