160609-N-EH218-076 SASEBO, Japan (June 9, 2016) – Seaman Alonzo Brantley, from Atlanta, takes slack out of a mooring line aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) as the ship moors in Sasebo to participate in Malabar 2016. Malabar 2016 is a trilateral maritime exercise designed to enhance dynamic cooperation between the Indian Navy, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and U.S. Navy forces in the Indo-Asia-Pacific. Mobile Bay is operating as part of the John C. Stennis Strike Group and Great Green Fleet on a regularly scheduled 7th Fleet deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan J. Batchelder/Released)