150613-N-XM324-061 WATERS SOUTH OF JAPAN (June 13, 2015) Quartermaster 2nd Class Michael Maassen, from Arvada, Co., trains a midshipmen from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) on the use of navigational pennants aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62). Fitzgerald is on patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Patrick Dionne/Released)