The Philippine Sea, located on the edge of the Western Pacific, between the East China Sea, the South China Sea and the Western Pacific, is the largest fringe basin in the Western Pacific.

The bureau seat felt that the United States did not make much publicity this time, and the adjustment door was lowered. According to the announcement made by the US Navy’s Seventh Fleet, on November 13, the pilots of the carrier-based aircraft squadron on the USS Stennis flew the fighter plane in The 'Nader Reagan' successfully landed on the aircraft carrier for the first time, which means that the exercise started on the 13th at the latest, and it was not known until the 15th and 16th.

According to data from the US Navy and the public, these are the approximate locations of aircraft carrier battle groups and global amphibious forces deployed by the US Navy as of November 19, 2018.

(Source: USNI News)

For the US aircraft carrier, it is mainly deployed in three situations: peacetime, crisis and wartime:

One is the time of peace. In peacetime, there is nothing wrong, just take an aircraft carrier to deter, it is a bit like we usually stand guard in peacetime, if there is nothing to do, stand alone at the door, just one person;

When something happens, for example, the situation is dangerous recently, then double posts, two people, two people with one more pair of eyes, you can observe more. The aircraft carrier is also, when a crisis occurs, two aircraft carriers are dispatched together;

During the war, there should be no less than 3 aircraft carriers. For example, during the Gulf War in 1991, the United States deployed 12 aircraft carriers. Therefore, in general combat, there are no less than 3 aircraft carriers, because you have to take turns in addition to the combat aircraft carriers, so it is said that there must be more aircraft carriers to maintain the rotation.