JDS Shimakaze sails in formation with Navy and Japan Maritime Self Defense Force ships.


Pacific Ocean, November 4, 2011 - JDS Shimakaze (DDG 172) sails in formation with Navy and Japan Maritime Self Defense Force ships during Annual Exercise 2011. Annual Exercise is a bi-lateral field-training exercise designed to practice and evaluate the coordination procedures and interoperability elements required to effectively and mutually respond to the defense of Japan, to a regional crisis or contingency situation in the Asia-Pacific region, while building bilateral confidences and working relationships.


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