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Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force Lts. Shoji Ishikawa and Yasuhiko Matsushita plot ship's courses in the anti-submarine warfare module Nov. 13, 2006, aboard USS Kitty Hawk, which is participating in the bilateral exercise ANNUALEX 2006. The exercise includes 8,500 U.S. Navy sailors.

PLOTTING A COURSE

Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force Lts. Shoji Ishikawa and Yasuhiko Matsushita plot ship's courses in the anti-submarine warfare module Nov. 13, 2006, aboard USS Kitty Hawk, which is participating in the bilateral exercise ANNUALEX 2006. The exercise includes 8,500 U.S. Navy sailors.

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