Quartermaster Seaman Rodney Cobia, from Charlotte, N.C., uses ship-mounted binoculars as the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington returns to Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan. George Washington and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing 5, provide a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interests of the U.S. and its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.