Keywords: JDS Ariake DD109.jpg At sea aboard USS Kitty Hawk CV-63 Nov 16 2002 ” Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force JMSDF ship Ariake DD-109 cruises along side Kitty Hawk during a Photo Exercise Japanese ships integrated into Kitty Hawk ™s battle group during Exercise Keen Sword 2003 Keen Sword 2003 is the seventh in a series of regularly scheduled joint/bilateral field training exercise since 1986 involving the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force JMSDF and United States military The purpose of Keen Sword is to train and evaluate wartime functions and bilateral cooperation procedures against the backdrop of a regional contingency scenario that has direct and immediate consequences to the U S and Japan http //www news navy mil/view_single asp id 3400 Navy NewsStand Photo ID 021116-N-1810F-027<br />http //www news navy mil/ Navy NewsStand Home 2002-11-16 United States Navy Photographer ™s Mate 3rd Class Todd Frantom PD-USGov-Military-Navy JS Ariake DD-109 109 number Pictures by Mass Communication Specialist Todd Frantom Keen Sword 2003 |