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Sailors assigned to littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4) watch their ship maneuver alongside the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ship JS Izumo (DDH 183) while aboard for a personnel exchange as part of a passing exercise between the two navies, May 18, 2017. Coronado is on a rotational deployment in U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility, patrolling the region's littorals and working hull-to-hull with partner navies to provide 7th Fleet with the flexible capabilities it needs now and in the future.