MALABAR 07-2 is the strike group’s final major exercise of its summer deployment.
とあるように、5月末に横須賀出港以来、6月にTalisman Sabre 07、8月にValiant Shield 07、9月にMalabar 07-2、と大規模演習が3つもあって、さぞお疲れのことでしょう。
『 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Sept. 17, 2007) - An SH-60 Seahawk, attached to the "Chargers" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) 14, flies past USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) with a Japanese flag during a practice air show. Kitty Hawk is more than three months into her summer deployment from Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan.』