DescriptionUS Navy 051115-N-8492C-125 The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) destroyer JDS Kongou (DDG 173) sails in formation with other JMSDF ships and ships assigned to the USS Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group.jpg
English: Pacific Ocean (Nov. 15, 2005) - The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) destroyer JDS Kongou (DDG 173) sails in formation with other JMSDF ships and ships assigned to the USS Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group. The Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group is currently conducting the bilateral Annual Exercise 2005 (ANNUALEX) with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. ANNUALEX focuses on improving the military-to-military relationship between the U.S. and Japan. The purpose of ANNUALEX is to improve bilateral interoperability, defend Japan against maritime threats and to improve capability for surface warfare, air defense and undersea warfare. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Photographer's Mate Todd Cichonowicz (RELEASED)
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USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63), At Sea (Nov. 15, 2005) - The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) ship Kongo (DDG-173) along with other Japanese and American ships form up for a photographic exercise in conjunction with the bilateral Annual Exercise (ANNUALEX). The USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Carrier Strike Group, permanently forward-deployed to Yokosuka, Japan, is currently under way in the western Pacific Ocean while conducting ANNUALEX with the JMSDF. ANNUALEX is designed to improve both forces' capability for coordinated, bilateral operations in the defense of Japan. Approximately 8,500 U.S. Naval personnel will participate in the exercise.
U.S. Navy photo by Chief Photographer's Mate Todd Cichonowicz