Posted 11/19/2009
PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 17, 2009) The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter destroyer JS Hyuga (DDH 181) is underway alongside the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). George Washington, the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier, is participating in Annual Exercise (ANNUALEX 21G), the largest annual bilateral exercise with the U.S. Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John M. Hageman)