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161221-N-XT039-216 SASEBO, Japan (Dec. 21, 2016) Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Cmdr. Shin Makino, right, executive officer of Shirane-class destroyer JS Kurama (DDH 144), presents a kagamimuchi rice cake to Cmdr. Douglas Kennedy, operations officer aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), in the ship’s ward room. Bonhomme Richard, forward-deployed to Sasebo, Japan, is serving forward to provide a rapid-response capability in the event of a regional contingency or natural disaster. (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Jesse Marquez Magallanes/Released)
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