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Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John M. Richardson and an Australian sailor hold a framed striped pennant.

Indo-Pacific Partnership

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John M. Richardson, right, presents Royal New Zealand Navy Cmdr. Brock Symmons, the commander of HMNZS Te Kahaa, with a U.S. Navy meritorious unit citation pennant in Auckland, New Zealand, Nov. 2, 2018. Richardson’s visit focused on exploring opportunities to increase interoperability between the U.S. and New Zealand through more combined operations and personnel exchanges, both in the Indo-Pacific region and around the world. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Elliott Fabrizio

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