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Caption:
At sea aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Nov. 16, 2002 -- USS Gary (FFG 51)
cruises along side Kitty Hawk during a Photo Exercise. Japanese
ships integrated into Kitty Hawk's battle group during Exercise Keen
Sword 2003 off the coast of Southern Japan. Keen Sword 2003 is
the seventh in a series of regularly scheduled joint/bilateral field
training exercise since 1986 involving the Japanese Maritime
Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and United States military. The
purpose of Keen Sword is to train and evaluate wartime functions and
bilateral cooperation procedures against the backdrop of a regional
contingency scenario that has direct and immediate consequences to the
U.S. and Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class
Todd Frantom. (RELEASED)
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