170716-N-VR594-0034 BAY OF BENGAL (July 16, 2017) Lt. Ryan Dishman, from Annapolis, Md., looks through the "big eyes" binoculars aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) while conducting a ship maneuvering exercise with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter destroyer JS Izumo (DDH 183) 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 secur


170716-N-VR594-0034 BAY OF BENGAL (July 16, 2017) Lt. Ryan Dishman, from Annapolis, Md., looks through the "big eyes" binoculars aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) while conducting a ship maneuvering exercise with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter destroyer JS Izumo (DDH 183) 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. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kelsey J. Hockenberger/Released)


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