PACIFIC OCEAN -- Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Lieutenant Commander Kotaro Nakayamo, assigned to Sea Systems Center, peers down the forward escape truck of the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Annapolis (SSN 760) prior to embarking Annapolis, May 13. Annapolis is conducting maritime operations in the 7th Fleet area of operations to maintain a safe and open Indo-Pacific.

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