Executive Officer of Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force Destroyer JS Kongo Visits USS Dewey
PHILIPPINE SEA (March 27, 2024) Lt. j.g. Xavier Brenza, right, from Boulder, Colorado gives Lt. Cmdr. Nishimura Shinsuke, executive officer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Kongo-class guided-missile destroyer JS Kongo (DDG 173) a tour of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) while the ships conduct operations in the Philippine Sea, March 27, 2024. Dewey is forward-deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy's largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet's principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Samantha Oblander)