170425-N-HE318-081 SEA OF JAPAN (April 25, 2017) Ensign Kazutaka Sugiyama, right, assigned to the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force, speaks with Ensign Eric Uhden in a rigid-hull inflatable boat during a personnel exchang between the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) and the Kongou class guided-missile destroyer JS Choukai (DDG 176). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class William McCann/Released)