NIMCSG, JMSDF Conduct Bilateral Maritime Exercise

230323-N-KU796-1190.JPG Photo By: Samuel Osborn

PHILIPPINE SEA - The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) steams alongside the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Hyuga-class helicopter destroyer JS Ise (DDH 182). The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is conducting a bilateral maritime exercise with the JMSDF in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with Allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

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