Carl Vinson Completes Bilateral Exercise with Japan The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, front, the guided missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter destroyer JS Ise participate in a bilateral exercise in the Pacific Ocean, March 17, 2018. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Dylan M. Kinee SHARE: Download: Full Size (1.87 MB) Credit: Mass Communication Specialist 3r VIRIN: 180317-N-MT837-0528.JPG Photo Gallery