U.S., Japan, Republic of Korea Conduct Trilateral Ballistic Missile Defense Exercise

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) conducts high-speed maneuvers with Republic of Korea Navy Sejong the Great-class destroyer YulGok Yi I (DDG 992) during a trilateral maritime exercise focused on ballistic missile defense integration and shipboard maneuvers. Benfold is underway in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations as part of Destroyer Squadron 15. U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy‘s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Alexis Pelletier)