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An SH-60S Seahawk helicopter carrying U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Scott Van Buskirk, commander of U.S. 7th Fleet, and Kenichi Kuramoto, vice admiral of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, approaches the aircraft carrier USS George Washington in the East China Sea, Dec. 6, 2010. The George Washington was participating in Keen Sword 2010, a U.S.-Japan joint naval exercise to improve interoperability and enhance force readiness.

SEAHAWK MISSION

An SH-60S Seahawk helicopter carrying U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Scott Van Buskirk, commander of U.S. 7th Fleet, and Kenichi Kuramoto, vice admiral of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, approaches the aircraft carrier USS George Washington in the East China Sea, Dec. 6, 2010. The George Washington was participating in Keen Sword 2010, a U.S.-Japan joint naval exercise to improve interoperability and enhance force readiness.

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