170709-N-BY095-0114 BAY OF BENGAL (July 9, 2017) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86) pulls into Chennai, India, for Malabar 2017. Malabar 2017 is the latest in a continuing series of exercises between the Indian navy, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and U.S. Navy that has grown in scope and complexity over the years to address the variety of shared threats to maritime security in the Indo-Asia Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Maria I. Alvarez/Released)