PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 19, 2023) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Murasame-class destroyer JS Yudachi (DD 103) transit the Philippine Sea, 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)