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# U.S. Navy Officer: USS Carl Vinson is Sailing 'Wherever International Law Allows'

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## Video: U.S. Navy Officer: USS Carl Vinson is Sailing 'Wherever International Law Allows'

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_Published 2018-03-02. One of America’s longest-serving Nimitz-class carriers, the Vinson is midway through a deployment that has sent its Strike Group One to Hawaii, Guam and the Philippines_


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## Transcript

We are currently conducting this deployment in the Western Pacific which includes operating in the South China Sea to do three things. Number one, we want to maintain our working relationship with our partners and allies. So we're here to work with them. We're here to build that cooperation. Number two, we're also here to maintain regional stability. Whenever we're here we reassure those partners and allies. And that's important to maintain regional stability. And number three, we want to promote freedom of the seas. Freedom of the seas and freedom of navigation, allowing that trade to continually pass through without any interruption is very important, not only for the United States, but for the regional economies.

Our operations in the South China Sea so far have been absolutely routine. Just flying and sailing where ever international law allows. We have not specifically conducted a freedom navigation operation. That's not say that we won't or we can't, but we have not up to this point.

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