Itsunori Onodera, Japan minister of defense, center-left, learns about hangar bay operations from Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery, commander, Battle Force 7th Fleet, left, during a visit aboard the U.S. Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington. 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.