170714-N-NI812-523 BAY OF BENGAL (July 14, 2017) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) Airman Donterrius Carson, left, and Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) Airman Charlissa Ballard insert a weather guard into a waist catapult aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68)l. 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 3rd Class Ian Kinkead/Released)