OF BENGAL (July 15, 2017) Rear Adm. Bill Byrne, commander of Carrier of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 11, speaks to distinguished visitors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the Bay of Bengal during exercise 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 region.

---

Size: 1673px × 1195px
Photo credit: © Bob Collet / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: #talismansaber, -aus, 6, 7, 67, 68, 69, 2017, 6th, air, aircraft, america, amphibious, archive, arg, armed, army, assault, av-8b, bhr, blacksheep, boatswain, bonhomme, carrier, cg, coral, cvn, cvn77, deck, defence, deployment, eisenhower, esg, expeditionary, fleet, flight, force, forces, ghwb, gospel, group, ill, japan, lhd, lhd6, matthew, military, minsitries, navy, nimitz, nmcs, ofrp, ordnance, pacific, perry, preach, ras, ready, religious, replenishment, reportage, richard, saber, sailors, sasebo, sea, service, serviceman, servicemen, shiloh, ship, soldier, south, states, strike, talisman, ts17, underway, united, unrep, usa, usn, usns, uss