http://us.cnn.com/2017/04/23/politics/uss-carl-vinson-japan-us-drills/index.html
Tokyo (CNN)American aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson started joint drills with two Japanese destroyers in the western Pacific Ocean on Sunday, authorities said.
The Ashigara and Samidare destroyers will take part in "tactical training" drills with the US carrier near the Philippines, the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force said.
In the face of recent saber-rattling from North Korea, US President Donald Trump had said the USS Carl Vinson carrier group was being deployed to waters off the Korean peninsula