Ensign Isabel Gomez, right, explains the phalanx close-in weapons system (CIWS) to members of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force during a ship tour aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem (DDG 63). Stethem is forward deployed to Yokosuka, Japan, and

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Ensign Isabel Gomez, right, explains the phalanx close-in weapons system (CIWS) to members of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force during a ship tour aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem (DDG 63). Stethem is forward deployed to Yokosuka, Japan, and is assigned to Destroyer Squadron 15.

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