30/08/2025
Hon. Rahm Emanuel, U.S. ambassador to Japan, center left, Hon. KAMIJI Akatsuki, mayor of Yokosuka, Japan, center right, Vice Admiral Frederick William Kacher, Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet; Lt. Gen. Stephen F. Jost, Commander, U.S. Forces Japan; Vice Adm. OMACHI Katsushi, commander-in-chief, Japan Self-Defense Fleet; and Capt. Tim Waits, commanding officer of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), pose for a photo on the bridge after the ship returned to Commander, Fleet Activities. Yokosuka, the George Washington is the 7th Fleet’s premier forward-deployed aircraft carrier, a long-standing symbol of the United States’ commitment to maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific region, while operating alongside allies and partners across the U.S. Navy’s largest numbered fleet.