SEA OF JAPAN (April 25, 2017) Ensign Kazutaka Sugiyama assigned to the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force, rides in a rigid hull inflatable boat during personnel exchange between the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) and the Kongou class guided-missile destroyer JS Choukai (DDG 176).

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