2 US Carrier Strike Groups with Allies Enhance Warfighting Capabilities in Chinese Restricted Areas

Philippines Happy, China Worry!! 2 US Carrier Strike Groups with Allies Enhance Warfighting Capabilities in Chinese Restricted Areas Two American aircraft carrier strike groups Carl Vinson (CVN-70) and USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) are drilling with a Japanese big-deck warship in the Philippine Sea. Vinson is embarked with Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2, cruiser USS Princeton (CG-59) and destroyers USS Sterett (DDG-104), USS Dewey (DDG-105), USS Rafael Peralta (DDG-115) and USS John Finn (DDG-113) of Destroyer Squadron 1. Theodore Roosevelt is embarked with CVW 11, cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG-70) and destroyers USS William P. Lawrence (DDG-110), USS Daniel K. Inouye (DDG 118) and USS Halsey (DDG-97) of DESRON 23. About : Aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) Five Powers Defence Arrangements (FPDA) exercise Australian Navy Japan Maritime Australian Navy Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) U.S. Nav