The Armada Republica Colombia (ARC) frigate missile-class ships CALDAS (FM 52) and ATIOQUIA (FM 53), USN Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS MONTEREY (CG 61), Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate USS UNDERWOOD (FFG 36) and the USN Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) conduct a Group Sail Exercise. The GEORGE WASHINGTON Carrier Strike Group is participating in Partnership of the Americas, a maritime training and readiness deployment of the US Naval forces with Caribbean and Latin American countries in support of US Southern Command's (SOUTHCOM)