170714-N-AX638-0286 BAY OF BENGAL (July 14, 2017) The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83) conducts a replenishment-at-sea with the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Yukon (T-AO 202) 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. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tyler Preston/Released)