<p>Guided missile destroyer USS Mustin departed the United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka military base in Japan on February 28 for military drills in Guam</a>.</p><p>This timelapse footage shows the giant vessel’s departure.</p><p>The US naval presence in the Pacific has increased in recent months, with aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson docking in central Vietnam’s Da Nang port</a> on March 5 – the first instance a US aircraft carrier had been stationed in the country since the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. On that same day, a detachment of F-35B stealth fighters landed on the assault ship USS Wasp, marking the first time the combat aircraft had been deployed aboard a US Navy ship in the Indo-Pacific. Credit: US Navy via Storyful</p><br />
