PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 8, 2022) Lt. j.g. Niles VanTassell, from Marietta, Georgia, and Operations Specialist 1st Class Alexander Polk, from Nashville, Tennessee, monitor surface contacts from the combat information center (CIC) aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) during a joint bilateral anti-submarine exercise, part of Keen Sword in the Philippine Sea, Nov. 8. Keen Sword is a biennial, joint and bilateral field-training exercise involving U.S. military and Japan Self-Defense Force personnel, designed to increase readiness and interoperability while strengthening the ironclad Japan-U.S. alliance. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Arthur Rosen)