Sailors render honors to Rear Adm. Shinichi Tokumaru, chief of Staff of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, Fleet Escort Force, as he comes aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington. Tokumaru visited George Washington to meet with Rear Adm. J. R. Haley, commander of Battle Force 7th Fleet. George Washington returned to her forward-operating port of Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, after navigating more than 50,000 nautical miles across the western Pacific to operate with more than a dozen different nations during her nine-week patrol. George Washington is the Navy's only full-time forward-deployed aircraft carrier ensuring security and stability in the western Pacific Ocean.