Keywords: US Navy 021116-N-3236B-011 USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) participates in Exercise Keen Sword 03 off the coast of Southern Japan.jpg en At sea aboard USS Kitty Hawk CV 63 Nov 16 2002 -- USS Curtis Wilbur DDG 54 participates in Exercise Keen Sword 03 off the coast of Southern Japan Keen Sword 2003 is the seventh in a series of regularly scheduled joint/bilateral field training exercise since 1986 involving the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force JMSDF and United States military The purpose of Keen Sword is to train and evaluate wartime functions and bilateral cooperation procedures against the backdrop of a regional contingency scenario that has direct and immediate consequences to the U S and Japan U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 1st Class Ted Banks RELEASED 2002-11-16 021116-N-3236B-011 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 3424 U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 1st Class Ted Banks PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Curtis Wilbur DDG-54 Keen Sword 2003 |