220122-N-PQ495-1064

220122-N-PQ495-1064 PHILIPPINE SEA (Jan. 22, 2022) Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), front, and Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), transit the Philippine Sea while escorted by an MH-60S Sea Hawk, assigned to the “Black Knights” Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 4, Jan. 22, 2022. Operating as part of U.S. Pacific Fleet, units assigned to Carl Vinson and Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Groups, Essex and America Amphibious Ready Groups and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, are conducting training to preserve and protect a free and open Indo-Pacific region.