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U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self Defense Force ships sail in formation during Annual Exercise 2011 in the Pacific Ocean, Nov. 4, 2011. Annual Exercise is a bilateral field-training exercise designed to practice and evaluate the coordination procedures and interoperability elements required to effectively and mutually respond to the defense of Japan, to a regional crisis or contingency situation in the Asia-Pacific region, while building bilateral confidences and working relationships.

DEFENSE EXERCISE

U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self Defense Force ships sail in formation during Annual Exercise 2011 in the Pacific Ocean, Nov. 4, 2011. Annual Exercise is a bilateral field-training exercise designed to practice and evaluate the coordination procedures and interoperability elements required to effectively and mutually respond to the defense of Japan, to a regional crisis or contingency situation in the Asia-Pacific region, while building bilateral confidences and working relationships.

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