Keywords: US Navy 021119-N-9788M-005 USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) conducts operations with the USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) battle group during Exercise Keen Sword 2003.jpg en At sea aboard USS Kitty Hawk CV 63 Nov 19 2002 -- USS Curtis Wilbur DDG 54 conducts operations with the USS Kitty Hawk CV 63 battle group during Exercise Keen Sword 2003 off the coast of Southern Japan 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 U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 3rd Class Lindsay R Minturn RELEASED 2002-11-19 021119-N-9788M-005 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 3403 U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 3rd Class Lindsay R Minturn PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Curtis Wilbur DDG-54 Keen Sword 2003 |