151017-N-PG340-077 INDIAN OCEAN (Oct. 17, 2015) –Lt. Michael Smith (left), from Ledyard, Conn., speaks with Lt. Hideaki Shimababa (right), a liaison officer from the Japanese Maritime Self-defense, during Exercise Malabar 2015 in the sea combat commander operations center aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Malabar is a continuing series of complex, high-end war fighting exercises conducted to advance multi-national maritime relationships and mutual security. Theodore Roosevelt is operating in the 7th Fleet area of operations as part of a worldwide depl


151017-N-PG340-077 INDIAN OCEAN (Oct. 17, 2015) –Lt. Michael Smith (left), from Ledyard, Conn., speaks with Lt. Hideaki Shimababa (right), a liaison officer from the Japanese Maritime Self-defense, during Exercise Malabar 2015 in the sea combat commander operations center aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Malabar is a continuing series of complex, high-end war fighting exercises conducted to advance multi-national maritime relationships and mutual security. Theodore Roosevelt is operating in the 7th Fleet area of operations as part of a worldwide deployment en route to its new homeport in San Diego to complete a three-carrier homeport shift. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Stephane Belcher/Released)


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