PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 28, 2021) – The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Hatakaze-class destroyer JDS Hatakaze (TV 3520) transits the Pacific Ocean Feb. 28, 2021. The JMSDF is operating with the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. As the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed fleet, 7th Fleet routinely operates and interacts with 35 maritime nations while conducting missions to preserve and protect a free and open Indo-Pacific Region. (U.S. Navy photos by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Erik Melgar)
PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 28, 2021) – The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Hatakaze-class destroyer JDS Hatakaze (TV 3520), front, Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52), far right, JMSDF Hatsuyuki-class destroyer JDS Setoyuki (TV 3518), left, and JMSDF Asagiri-class destroyer JDS Yugiri (DD 153) transit the Pacific Ocean Feb. 28, 2021. (U.S. Navy photos by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Erik Melgar)
PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb 28, 2021) – U.S. Navy Airman Alexis Neff, from Jacksonville, Fla., directs the pilot of a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) MH-60 Sea Hawk to land on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Feb. 28, 2021. The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. As the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed fleet, 7th Fleet routinely operates and interacts with 35 maritime nations while conducting missions to preserve and protect a free and open Indo-Pacific Region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Erik Melgar)