150311-N-NI474-005 WATERS TO THE WEST OF THE KOREAN PENINSULA Ensign Elizabeth Lippie, helicopter control officer, watches a MH-60R Seahawk helicopter, assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 37, take off from the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy while underway during exercise Foal Eagle 2015. Foal Eagle is a series of annual training events that are defense-oriented and designed to increase readiness and maintain stability on the Korean Peninsula while strengthening the Republic of Korea-U.S. alliance and promoting regional peace and stability of the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.