091214-N-0120A-104 SASEBO, Japan (Dec. 14, 2009) Information Specialist 3rd Class Joseph Hyde and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force sailors assigned to the destroyer JS Kurama (DDH 144) shape a ball of mochi during a ceremony aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2). ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mark R. Alvarez/Released) US Navy 091214-N-0120A-104 Information Specialist 3rd Class Joseph Hyde and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force sailors shape a ball of mochi

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