The USS Nimitz was deployed in the western Pacific for seven months
by Dave DeCamp Posted on READ
The commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz said Chinese vessels and planes that he encountered during a seven-month deployment in the western Pacific were “very polite and very professional.”
Capt. Craig Sicola told reporters that he expected interactions to be more tense due to the current state of US-China relations. “I would say that probably some of the most professional interactions I’ve had in my 29 years [in the Navy] are with them,” he said, according to Defense One.