150224-N-EH855-063 YOKOSUKA, Japan (Feb. 24, 2015) Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Donisha Brown, from Philadelphia, center, explains bridge operations to Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Capt. Tokushige Ikeda during a tour of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). George Washington and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 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.