Executive Officer of Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force Destroyer JS Kongo Visits USS Dewey
PHILIPPINE SEA (March 27, 2024) Cmdr. Nicholas Hoffman, right, commanding officer of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105), and Lt. Cmdr. Nishimura Shinsuke, executive officer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Kongo-class guided-missile destroyer JS Kongo (DDG 173), attend a post-training briefing aboard Dewey while the ships conduct operations in the Philippine Sea, March 27, 2024. Dewey is forward-deployed and assigned to 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)