Posted: 11/01/2011
PHILIPPINE SEA (Oct. 31, 2011) An MH-53E Super Stallion helicopter from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Helicopter Mine Squadron 111 lands aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) during Annual Exercise 2011. Annual Exercise is a bilateral exercise intended to increase interoperability between JMSDF and the U.S. Naval. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Colby Drake)