170709-N-OW182-227 BAY OF BENGAL (July 9, 2017) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Kidd (DDG 100), left, and USS Howard (DDG 83) moor pierside in Chennai, India, during 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 region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacob M. Milham/Released)