JSDF, U.S. Marines continue Ship to Shore Earthquake Relief 160422-M-MF313-298
JSDF, U.S. Marines continue Ship to Shore Earthquake Relief 160422-M-MF313-338
Japanese ships arrive in Pearl Harbor for port visit 130516-N-QF605-049
Japan Earthquake Relief 2016 160423-M-OH021-279
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force sailors raise the Japanese flag on the helicopter destroyer JDS Hyuga (DDG 181) during Dawn Blitz 2013 at Naval Base San Diego, Calif., June 14, 2013 130614-M-BZ222-002
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force sailors salute while the Japanese flag is raised on the helicopter destroyer JDS Hyuga (DDG 181) during Dawn Blitz 2013 at Naval Base San Diego, Calif., June 14, 2013 130614-M-BZ222-004
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Cmdr. Kiyoshi Asano, center, discusses staff planning on the JMSDF helicopter destroyer JDS Hyuga (DDH 181) during Dawn Blitz 2013 at Naval Base San Diego, Calif 130607-M-JU912-020
Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam 130716-N-DT805-002
Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam 130716-N-DT805-006
Operation rooms of Hyuuga
Two U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 161 prepare to land on the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter destroyer JDS Hyuga (DDG 181) 130614-M-BZ222-006
USS Boxer 130612-N-TQ272-2073
U.S. Marines and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) sailors secure a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 161 on the JMSDF helicopter destroyer JDS Hyuga (DDG 130614-M-BZ222-019
U.S. Marines inspect an MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft on the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter destroyer JDS Hyuga (DDH 181) during Dawn Blitz 2013 near Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 14, 2013 130614-N-BU440-372
U.S. Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit watch as Japanese service members practice planning an amphibious operation on the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter destroyer Hyuga (DDH 181) 130606-M-JU912-003
U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Frank Ponds, center, the commander of Navy Region Hawaii and Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific, speaks during a meeting aboard the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter destroyer JS 130516-N-WX059-032
U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Frank Ponds, left, the commander of Navy Region Hawaii and Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific, speaks with Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Rear Adm. Hideki Yuasa, right 130516-N-WX059-011
U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Frank Ponds, left, the commander of Navy Region Hawaii and Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific, trades gifts with Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Rear Adm. Hideki Yuasa 130516-N-WX059-028
U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Frank Ponds, left, the commander of Navy Region Hawaii and Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific, trades gifts with Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Rear Adm. Hideki Yuasa 130516-N-WX059-039
U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Frank Ponds, right, the commander of Navy Region Hawaii and Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific, attends a brief aboard the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter destroyer JS Hyuga (DDH 130516-N-WX059-047
U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Frank Ponds, right, the commander of Navy Region Hawaii and Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific, speaks with Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Capt. Yasuhiro Sato, left, the chief 130516-N-WX059-022
U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Frank Ponds, the commander of Navy Region Hawaii and Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific, boards the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter destroyer JS Hyuga (DDH 181) May 16, 2013 130516-N-WX059-006