Keywords: US Navy 041218-N-8539M-176 The guided missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) and the Japanese Self-Defense Force (JSDF) destroyer JDS Kirisame (DD 104) maneuver aft of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln.jpg JDS Kirisame DD 104 maneuver aft of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln CVN 72 during a joint exercise involving several U S Navy and Japanese ships Lincoln and Carrier Air Wing Two CVW-2 are currently deployed to the Western Pacific Ocean on a scheduled deployment Carrier Strike Group Nine CSG-9 is the first to be used in the surge role in support of the Chief of Naval Operations Fleet Response Plan U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Nicholas B Morton RELEASED 2004-12-18 041218-N-8539M-176 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 19688 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Nicholas B Morton PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Benfold DDG-65 JS Kirisame DD-104 Aboard USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72 |