It's the first year Guam is hosting the event, in which participants practice surface and anti-submarine warfare operations, combined carrier strike group operations, maritime patrol and reconnaissance operations, as well as visit, board, search and seizure operations, the Navy said in a statement.
The Malabar began in 1992. The 22nd rendition of the exercise will feature both ashore and at-sea training.
The at-sea portions are designed to advance participating nations' military-to-military coordination and capacity to plan and execute tactical operations. At-sea events include liaison officer professional exchanges and embarks, a photo exercise, submarine familiarization, high-value unit and air defense exercises, medical evaluation drills, surface warfare exercises, communications exercises, search and rescue, helicopter cross-deck evolutions, underway replenishments, gunnery exercises, VBSS exercises and anti-submarine warfare.
U.S. ships in the at-sea phase include the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers USS Antietam and USS Chancellorsville, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold and a P-8A Poseidon aircraft.
India is sending two ships, the multi-purpose stealth frigate INS Sahyadri and anti-submarine warfare corvette INS Kamorta, as well as its fleet tanker INS Shakti.
Japan is sending Hyunga-class helicopter carrier JS Ise, Takanami-class destroyer JS Suzunami and Akizuki-class destroyer JS Fuyuzuki.
Naval forces from the three countries have an understanding and knowledge of a shared working environment at sea, and the exercises help advance the level of understanding between them.
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