The USS George Washington carrier strike group will operate alongside Republic of Korea ships starting Sunday.

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Her name is the USS GEORGE WASHINGTON, and she has recently been deployed to the Yellow Sea, west of the Korean Peninsula, to begin joint military exercises with South Korea.

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The rapprochement with Vietnam has deepened, both economically and politically: in 2010 the USS George Washington was the first American aircraft-carrier to visit the country since the end of the Vietnam war.

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Regarding U.S. naval deployments near China, the carrier strike groups led by the USS George Washington and the USS Stennis, along with a Marine Corps air-ground task force, are now operating in the western Pacific near the Senkakus, according to Navy officials.

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