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From left: Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of staff, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force; Adm. R. Hari Kumar, chief of naval staff, Indian Navy; Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet; and Vice Adm. Mark Hammond, chief of navy, Royal Australian Navy, hold a multilateral engagement in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Sept. 17, 2023. The four navies, all participants of the Malabar exercise, met prior to the U.S.-led International Seapower Symposium to reinforce security through partnership in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Jonathan B. Trejo)