USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Provider Strike Group and Japan Maritime Self-Protection Drive (JMSDF) sail collectively throughout a bilateral train within the Sea of Japan. Throughout bilateral workouts between Abraham Lincoln Provider Strike Group and JMSDF, the 2 navies strengthen all-domain consciousness and maneuvers throughout a distributed maritime setting. Bilateral operations like this one reassure our allies and companions of the U.S. dedication to sustaining a Freeand Open Indo Pacific.

U.S. Navy Nimitz-class plane provider USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Cell Bay (CG 53), Japan Maritime Self-Protection Drive (JMSDF) Kong?-class guided-missile destroyer JS Kong? (DDG 173), JMSDF Murasame-class destroyer JS Inazuma (DD 105), and U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) sail in formation throughout a U.S.-Japan bilateral train. Throughout bilateral workouts between Abraham Lincoln Provider Strike Group and JMSDF, the 2 navies strengthen all-domain consciousness and maneuvers throughout a distributed maritime setting.

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Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Apprentice Yerson Zamora, from Houston, stands port life buoy watch on the fantail aboard Nimitz-class plane provider USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) as Japan Maritime Self-Protection Drive (JMSDF) Kong?-class guided-missile destroyer JS Kong? (DDG 173) sails in formation throughout a U.S.-Japan bilateral train.(U.S. Navy photograph by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Julia Brockman)

Provider Strike Group 9 (CSG-9 or CARSTRKGRU 9) is a U.S. Navy provider strike group. Provider strike teams acquire and preserve sea management in addition to mission naval airpower ashore.[5][6] Commander Provider Strike Group 9 (COMCARSTRKGRU 9 or CCSG 9) is accountable for unit-level coaching, built-in coaching, and materials readiness for the ships and aviation squadrons assigned to the group. The group experiences to Commander, U.S. Third Fleet, which additionally supervises its pre-deployment coaching and certification that features Composite Unit Coaching Workouts.

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) is the fifth Nimitz-class plane provider in the USA Navy. She is the second Navy ship to have been named after the previous President Abraham Lincoln. Her house port is NAS North Island, San Diego, California; she is a member of the USA Pacific Fleet. She is administratively accountable to Commander, Naval Air Forces Pacific, and operationally served because the flagship of Provider Strike Group 9 Different group models embrace Provider Air Wing Seventeen, the Ticonderoga-class cruisers USS Bunker Hill (CG-52) and USS Cape St. George (CG-71), and Destroyer Squadron 23.

US Navy Carrier Strike Group and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Conduct Bilateral Exercise in the Sea of Japan
U.S. Navy Nimitz-class plane provider USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), middle, Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Cell Bay (CG 53), left, Japan Maritime Self-Protection Drive (JMSDF) Kong?-class guided-missile destroyer JS Kong? (DDG 173), proper, JMSDF Murasame-class destroyer JS Inazuma (DD 105), again left, and U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) sail in formation. (U.S. Navy photograph by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Aleksandr Freutel)