Bilateral Operations in the South China Sea with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

SOUTH CHINA SEA (Oct. 30, 2021) U.S. Navy Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67), U.S. Navy Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57), U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Murasame-class destroyer JS Murasame (DD 101), and JMSDF Izumo-class helicopter destroyer JS Kaga (DDH 184) transit together in the South China Sea, Oct. 30, 2021. Elements of U.S. Navy Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1 and JMSDF are conducting bilateral operations in the South China Sea. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Haydn N. Smith)