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Vice Adm. Karl Thomas, right, commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, talks to Capt. P. Scott Miller, commanding officer of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), in the commanding officer’s in port cabin aboard the ship during Annual Exercise (ANNUALEX) 2021, Nov. 30, 2021. ANNUALEX 2021 is a multilateral exercise conducted by naval elements of the Royal Australian, Royal Canadian, German, JMSDF and U.S. navies to demonstrate naval interoperability and a joint commitment to a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific.