#ICYMI @CVN70 Carrier Strike Group, @USSRooseveltCVN Carrier Strike Group and the @jmsdf_pao_eng sail together as part of Multi-Large Deck Event in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. 📷: MC3 Marissa Johnson

🇺🇸🤝🇯🇵 Sailing hand in hand The @jmsdf_pao_eng helicopter destroyer JS Ise (DDH 182), front, and the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier @CVN70 steam in formation during a recent exercise to advance combined readiness.

Aboard the BIG DECK on this #ForwardFriday 💪 ⚓ Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) transits the Pacific Ocean during Multi-Large Deck Event (MLDE). 📸: MC2 Leon Vonguyen