 The U.S. Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS George Washington, hosts the Iwakuni city mayor and other guests during a distinguished visitor embark. This is the first time to be on George Washington and then actually see the landing and launching and recovering the aircraft at the site and I'm really glad to be able to see that closely. Guests experience flight operations from the carrier's flight deck, navigation bridge and flag bridge. Re-emphasizes how strong the relationship and the partnership is between the two nations and really Japan is one of our closest allies and a show like this for them today does volumes to help solidify that friendship. The visit further strengthened ties between local Japanese government officials and George Washington in the Indo-Asia Pacific regions.