Caption:
Pacific Ocean (March 23, 2006) -- The guided-missile destroyer USS
Stethem (DDG 63) sails in formation with the Nimitz-class aircraft
carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) and Japanese Maritime Self-Defense
Force (JMSDF) ships during a passing exercise (PASSEX). Lincoln spent
three days conducting exercises with JMDSF and took part in an officer
exchange program as part of a passing exercise. Lincoln and Carrier Air
Wing Two (CVW-2) are currently on a scheduled deployment to the Western
Pacific. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman James R. Evans
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