Photos - PHILIPPINE SEA (Jan. 20, 2023) From left to right, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Atago-class guided-missile destroyer JS Ashigara (DDG 178), the U.S. Navy Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67), the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115), the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54), the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE 11) and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62), not pictured, steam in formation in the Philippine Sea, Jan 20. Chancellorsville is assigned to Commander, Task Force 70/Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 5 underway preforming routine operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Zachary Grooman)

PHILIPPINE SEA (Jan. 20, 2023) From left to right, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Atago-class guided-missile destroyer JS Ashigara (DDG 178), the U.S. Navy Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67), the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115), the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54), the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE 11) and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62), not pictured, steam in formation in the Philippine Sea, Jan 20. Chancellorsville is assigned to Commander, Task Force 70/Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 5 underway preforming routine operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Zachary Grooman)

U.S. Navy Fire Controlman 2nd Class Francisco Morales, from Long Beach, California, left, and Chief Fire Controlman Wayne Whalen, from San Diego, California, work on the Phalanx close-in weapons system (CIWS) aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) in the Philippine Sea, Jan. 20. 

U.S. Navy Sailors fire the M2 .50-caliber machine gun aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62), during a live fire exercise, in the Philippine Sea, Jan 20.

From left to right, U.S. Navy Fire Controlman 2nd Class Francisco Morales, from Long Beach, California, Chief Fire Controlman Wayne Whalen, from San Diego, and Fire Controlman 2nd Class James Yates, from Rome, New York, work on the Phalanx close-in weapons system (CIWS) aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) in the Philippine Sea, Jan. 20.

PHILIPPINE SEA (Jan. 22, 2023) U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) operate a rigid hull inflatable boat during a man overboard drill in the Philippine Sea, Jan. 22.

Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class Angel Garcia, from Waco, Texas, watches, from left to right, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Atago-class guided-missile destroyer JS Ashigara (DDG 178), the U.S. Navy Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67), the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115), the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54), the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE 11) and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62), foreground, steam in formation in the Philippine Sea, Jan 20.