021116-N-3236B-011 At sea aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Nov. 16, 2002 -- USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) participates in Exercise Keen Sword 03 off the coast of Southern Japan. Keen Sword 2003 is the seventh in a series of regularly scheduled joint/bilateral field training exercise since 1986 involving the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and United States military. The purpose of Keen Sword is to train and evaluate wartime functions and bilateral cooperation procedures against the backdrop of a regional contingency scenario that has direct and immediate consequences to the and J


021116-N-3236B-011 At sea aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Nov. 16, 2002 -- USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) participates in Exercise Keen Sword 03 off the coast of Southern Japan. Keen Sword 2003 is the seventh in a series of regularly scheduled joint/bilateral field training exercise since 1986 involving the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and United States military. The purpose of Keen Sword is to train and evaluate wartime functions and bilateral cooperation procedures against the backdrop of a regional contingency scenario that has direct and immediate consequences to the and Japan. Navy photo by PhotographerÕs Mate 1st Class Ted Banks. (RELEASED) US Navy 021116-N-3236B-011 USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) participates in Exercise Keen Sword 03 off the coast of Southern Japan


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