The USS Abraham Lincoln is a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier commissioned in 1989, serving as a key component of U.S. naval power projection. It has been deployed in numerous operations, including the Gulf War and the Iraq War, and is notable for being the carrier where President George W. Bush delivered his “Mission Accomplished” speech in 2003.

Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, was founded in 1790 following the signing of the Residence Act and named after the nation’s first president, George Washington. It is a planned city, designed by Pierre Charles L’Enfant, and is home to iconic landmarks such as the White House, the U.S. Capitol, and the Washington Monument, which symbolize the nation’s history and federal government.

The South China Sea is a major marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean, bordered by several Southeast Asian nations. It has historically been a vital maritime trade route and is the subject of complex territorial disputes over islands and waters, primarily involving China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, and Taiwan.

The Middle East is a transcontinental region centered on Western Asia and Egypt, historically home to some of the world’s earliest civilizations, including Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt. It is the birthplace of major Abrahamic religions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—and has been a central crossroads for trade, empire, and cultural exchange for millennia. In the modern era, its vast petroleum reserves have made it a strategically vital area in global geopolitics.