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Adm. Samuel Paparo, center left, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, hosts the Malabar navies’ leadership Adm. R. Hari Kumar, left, chief of naval staff, Indian Navy, Adm. Ryo Sakai, right middle, chief of staff, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, and Vice Adm. Mark Hammond, right, chief of navy, Royal Australian Navy, for 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)