(Photos on blog – https://ift.tt/HUbA0PC) EAST OF THE KOREAN PENINSULA (Sept. 30, 2022) The Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine, Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62), Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65), Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy destroyer ROKS Munmu the Great (DDH 976), and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) destroyer JS Asahi (DD 119) steam in formation in waters east of the Korean Peninsula. Ronald Reagan, operating as the flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 5, is conducting a trilateral anti-submarine warfare exercise with the JMSDF and ROK Navy. The operations between the Reagan Strike Group, JS Asahi, and ROKS Munmu The Great, involved operating with a U.S. submarine to enhance interoperability between the nations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Daniel G. Providakes)