191111-N-ZZ999-0895 PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 11, 2019) Rear Adm. Hiroshi Egawa, left, commander of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Escort Flotilla 1, meets with Commodore Steven DeMoss, commander of Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, on the bridge of a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ship underway in formation during Annual Exercise (ANNUALEX) 19. ANNUALEX 19 is an annual, bilateral exercise which further develops coordination and interoperability of the premier alliance between the U.S. Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force/Released)