Caption:
EAST CHINA SEA (Nov. 19, 2008) -- The amphibious dock landing ship USS
Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) steams in formation with the Japanese Maritime
Self-Defense Force destroyer JS Haruna (DDH 141). U.S. Navy and
Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force ships assigned to the George
Washington Carrier Strike Group and the Essex Expeditionary Strike
Group during the bilateral exercise ANNUALEX. ANNUALEX is a yearly
exercise with the U.S. Navy and the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense
Force to improve working relations between the two navies. U.S.
Navy Photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Ty Swartz (Released)
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