The guided missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70), front, transits the East China Sea with ships assigned to the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group and Republic of Korea Navy ships during a photo exercise March 27, 2014.
The Lake Erie was participating in exercise Ssang Yong 14, a combined U.S.-South Korean combat readiness and joint/combined interoperability exercise designed to advance South Korean command and control capabilities through amphibious operations. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael Achterling, U.S. Navy/Released). Original public domain image from Flickr