DESRON 15 Deputy Commodore visits JS Ashigara to Discuss Upcoming Surface Warfare Training Events [Image 5 of 5]

SASEBO, NAGASAKI, JAPAN

12.17.2024

Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chase Stephens 

Commander, Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron 15

Capt. David Huljack, deputy commodore of Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, exchanges challenge coins with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Capt. NAKAI, Daisuke, commanding officer of the Atago-class guided missile destroyer JS Ashigara (DDG 178), following a meeting about upcoming surface warfare training events aboard the ship in Sasebo, Japan Dec. 17, 2024. DESRON 15 is the Navy’s largest forward-deployed destroyer squadron and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class W. Chase Stephens

• Date Taken: 12.17.2024
• Date Posted: 12.29.2024 23:35
• Photo ID: 8817819
• VIRIN: 241217-N-SS370-1078
• Resolution: 3942x3154
• Size: 2 MB
• Location: SASEBO, NAGASAKI, JP