OKINAWA, Japan (Jan. 26, 2018) Lt. Patrick Murphy , left, assigned to the Fighting Tigers of Patrol Squadron (VP) 8, explains the operations of a Sonobuoy Rotary Launcher to Members of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s VP 5, aboard a P-8A Poseidon at Kadena Air Base, Japan. VP 8 is currently forward deployed to the 7th Fleet area of operations conducting missions and providing maritime domain awareness to supported units throughout the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. ( Navy

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