160616-N-EH218-629: PHILIPPINE SEA (June 16, 2016) Members of the visit, board, search, and seizure (VBSS) team assigned to the guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) and Indian Navy clear the weatherdecks of the Deepak-class fleet oiler INS Shakti (A57) while conducting joint VBSS operations during Malabar 2016. A trilateral maritime exercise, Malabar is designed to enhance dynamic cooperation between the Indian Navy, Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (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)