SOUTH CHINA SEA

250109-N-HT008-1012 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Jan. 9, 2025) Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) prepare to load personnel into a rigid hull inflatable boat during a bilateral exercise with the Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class frigate HMCS Ottawa (FFH 341) in the South China Sea, Jan. 9. Higgins is forward-deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Trevor Hale) Share

SOUTH CHINA SEA

250114-N-FS097-1316 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Jan. 14, 2025) - Airman Apprentice Kedric Corbin, of Beaumont, Texas, performs maintenance on an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, assigned to the “Black Eagles” of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 113, on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Jan. 14, 2025. Vinson, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group ONE, is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nate Jordan) Share

SOUTH CHINA SEA

250109-N-HT008-1013 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Jan. 9, 2025) Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Alexander Tomanelli, from Storis, Connecticut, watches the Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class frigate HMCS Ottawa (FFH 341) from the aft missile deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) during a bilateral exercise in the South China Sea, Jan. 9. Higgins is forward-deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Trevor Hale) Share

SOUTH CHINA SEA

250113-N-AC395-1349 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Jan. 13, 2025) - An F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to the “Bounty Hunters” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 2, launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Jan. 13, 2025. Vinson, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group ONE, is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Kenneth Ostas) Share

PACIFIC OCEAN

A Sailor fires a .50-caliber machine gun during a gun shoot on the fantail of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 12, 2025. Nimitz is underway in 3rd fleet conducting routine training operations. (Photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Anthony Lagunes) Share

SOUTH CHINA SEA

250112-N-FS097-1068 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Jan. 12, 2025) - Sailors prepare for flight operations on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Jan. 12, 2025. Vinson, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group ONE, is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nate Jordan) Share

SOUTH CHINA SEA

Lt. Clint Vance, of Kalispell, Mont., signals an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the "Bounty Hunters" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 2, to launch from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) in the South China Sea, Jan. 12, 2025. Carl Vinson, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group ONE, is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nate Jordan) Share

SOUTH CHINA SEA

Sailors unload supplies aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) during a replenishment-at-sea with the Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO 199) in the South China Sea, Jan. 10, 2025. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jacob I. Allison) Share

SOUTH CHINA SEA

250110-N-FS097-1331 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Jan. 10, 2025) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) transits the South China Sea, Jan. 10, 2025. USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), the flagship of Carrier Strike Group ONE, is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nate Jordan) Share

SOUTH CHINA SEA

250110-N-FS097-1309 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Jan. 10, 2025) An E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, assigned to the “Black Eagles” of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 113, prepares to land on the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Jan. 10, 2025. Vinson, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group ONE, is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nate Jordan) Share

SOUTH CHINA SEA

250110-N-FS097-1032 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Jan. 10, 2025) Lt. Cmdr. Joseph Anderson, of Severna Park, Md., waits for launch in an F-35C Lightning II, assigned to the “Warhawks” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 97, on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Jan. 10, 2025. Vinson, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group ONE, is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nate Jordan) Share

SOUTH CHINA SEA

250109-N-EE352-1254 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Jan. 9, 2025) An MH-60S Seahawk, assigned to the “Black Knights” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 4 prepares to land on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Jan. 9, 2025. Vinson, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group ONE, is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Leon Vonguyen) Share