170716-N-BY095-0021 BAY OF BENGAL (July 16, 2017) The guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86) prepares to pull alongside the Indian navy replenishment oiler INS Jyoti (A 58) to conduct a replenishment-at-sea during Malabar 2017. Malabar 2017 is the latest in a continuing series of exercises between the Indian Navy, Japan Maritime Self Defense Force and Navy that has grown in scope and complexity over the years to address the variety of shared threats to maritime security in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Maria I. Alvarez/Relea

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170716-N-BY095-0021 BAY OF BENGAL (July 16, 2017) The guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86) prepares to pull alongside the Indian navy replenishment oiler INS Jyoti (A 58) to conduct a replenishment-at-sea during Malabar 2017. Malabar 2017 is the latest in a continuing series of exercises between the Indian Navy, Japan Maritime Self Defense Force and Navy that has grown in scope and complexity over the years to address the variety of shared threats to maritime security in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Maria I. Alvarez/Released)

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