The visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team, attached to the guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur (DDG 73), conduct drills with the Japanese Akizuki-class destroyer JS Teruzuki (DD 116) in East China Sea, Aug. 23, 2016.
Decatur, along with guided-missile destroyers USS Momsen (DDG 92) and USS Spruance (DDG 111), are deployed in support of maritime security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific as part of a U.S. 3rd Fleet Pacific Surface Action Group (PAC SAG) under Commander, Destroyer Squadron 31 (CDS 31). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Gerald Dudley Reynolds/Released) Original public domain image from Flickr