PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 3, 2016) Seaman Benjamin C. Herr loads .50 caliber machine gun ammunition during a live-fire exercise aboard forward-deployed Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) during Keen Sword 17 (KS17). KS17 is a biennial, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-directed, Pacific Command-sponsored Field Training Exercise (FTX). KS17 is designed to meet mutual defense objectives by increasing combat readiness and interoperability between Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) and Forces. Barry is on patrol with Carrier Strike Group Five (CSG 5) in the Phil
PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 3, 2016) Seaman Benjamin C. Herr loads .50 caliber machine gun ammunition during a live-fire exercise aboard forward-deployed Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) during Keen Sword 17 (KS17). KS17 is a biennial, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-directed, Pacific Command-sponsored Field Training Exercise (FTX). KS17 is designed to meet mutual defense objectives by increasing combat readiness and interoperability between Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) and Forces. Barry is on patrol with Carrier Strike Group Five (CSG 5) in the Philippine Sea supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.
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