South Korean workers moor a U.S. military vessel as it enters a port in Pusan, approximately 420 km (261 miles) southeast of Seoul, March 14, 2005. The U.S. military vessel arrived in Pusan on Monday for a South Korea-U.S. joint military training exercise which will be held from March 19 to March 25. (Photo: Xinhua/AFP)

South Korean sailors wave their caps as the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk arrived for scheduled joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises, in South Korea's port city of Busan, south of Seoul, Monday, March 14, 2005. The United States and South Korea will conduct joint military exercises this week amid a standoff over North Korea's nuclear weapons program. (Photo: Yahoo/AP)

A U.S. navy crewman works on a military aircraft on the USS aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk at a port in Pusan, approximately 420 km (262 miles) southeast of Seoul, March 14, 2005. (Photo: Reuters)

(Photo: Xinhua/AFP)

(Photo: Xinhua/AFP)

Photo: Xinhua/AFP

Photo: Xinhua/AFP

    SEOUL, March 14 (Xinhuanet) -- US aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk arrived at the South Korean southeastern port city of Busan Monday to take part in joint military exercises by South Korean and US military forces, reported South Korean Yonhap News Agency.

    Six destroyers and cruisers such as USS Cowpens and USS Vincennes accompanied the aircraft carrier as parts of the Kitty Hawk Strike Group and made a port call at Busan port, some 460 kilometers southeast to Seoul, Yonhap quoted sources at the US military as reporting.

    Kitty Hawk, one of 12 flattops in the US naval fleet, can carry5,200 sailors and 60 aircraft including F-18 Super Hornets.

    The South Korea-US Combined Forces Command to conduct the annual military games, named Foal Eagle and RSOI (Reception, Staging, Onward Movement and Integration) 05, during March 19 and March 25. Some 17,000 US troops will attend the drill, 11,000 of them from overseas bases. Enditem