JOHOR STRAIT, Singapore (May 18, 2017) Sailors assigned to littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4) ride an elevator with aN SH-60K Seahawk helicopter from the flight deck of Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force ship JS Izumo (DDH 183) during a personnel exchange as part of a bilateral passing exercise. Coronado is on a rotational deployment in 7th Fleet area of responsibility, patrolling the region's littorals and working hull-to-hull with partner navies to provide 7th Fleet with the flexible capabilities it needs now and in the future.

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