160613-N-EH218-025 SASEBO, Japan (June 13, 2016) Rear Adm. Koji Manabe, commander, Escort Flotilla Three, coordinates shipboard events with Capt. Sean McLaren, commanding officer of the guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53), at a pre-sail conference aboard the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Hyuga-class helicopter destroyer JS Hyuga (DDH 181) during Malabar 2016. A trilateral maritime exercise, Malabar is designed to enhance dynamic cooperation between the Indian Navy, JMSDF and U.S. Navy forces in the Indo-Asia-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan J. Batchelder/Released)