A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force sailor speaks with U.S. Navy Sailors aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46). Tortuga is part of the permanently forward-deployed Essex Expeditionary Strike Group, which is participating with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force in exercise Keen Sword 2011 through Dec. 10. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Richard Doolin/Released)