221115-N-XB010-1009 PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 15, 2022) – Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) direct members of the Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (ARDB) as they return in Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAVs) from the Philippine Sea during Keen Sword 23. Keen Sword is a joint, bilateral, biennial field-training exercise involving military and Japan Self-Defense Force personnel, designed to increase combat readiness and interoperability and strengthen the ironclad alliance.

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