021118-N-8730P-002 At sea aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Nov. 18, 2002 -- Kitty Hawk conducts flight operations at sea during Exercise Keen Sword 2003 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
021118-N-8730P-002 At sea aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Nov. 18, 2002 -- Kitty Hawk conducts flight operations at sea during Exercise Keen Sword 2003 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 3rd Class Charles Henry Panter. (RELEASED) US Navy 021118-N-8730P-002 Kitty Hawk conducts flight operations at sea during Exercise Keen Sword 2003 off the coast of Southern Japan
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