Nato Allies Aircraft Carriers and Warships Arrive in the Philippine Sea and Entering South China Sea

Nato Allies Aircraft Carriers and Warships Arrive in the Philippine Sea and Entering South China Sea The Carl Vinson Carrier and warships from NATO allies are being deployed on a scheduled basis in the US 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability through alliances and partnerships while serving as a responsive force supporting a free and open Indo-Pacific region. Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers JS Hamagiri (DD 155), JS Samidare (DD 106), JS Umigiri (DD 1), JS Yudachi (DD 103) and the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), a guided missile destroyer The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile cruiser USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) participated in the Philippine Sea.