Sasebo-based USS Green Bay conducts VBSS Drill with JMSDF

PHILIPPINE SEA (March 4, 2023) Logistics Specialist 3rd Class Devin Nimley, from Queens Long Island, N.Y., assigned to the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20), participates in flight operations during a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) drill with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) as part of Exercise Iron Fist. Iron Fist is an annual bilateral exercise designed to increase interoperability and strengthen the relationships between the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Navy, the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, and the JMSDF. Green Bay is operating in the 7th Fleet area of operations. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with Allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region.