U.S. Navy Seaman Colton Sears (left) and Petty Officer 2nd Class Aaron Boyer, both assigned to USS Lake Erie (CG 70), work alongside Japanese navy Petty Officer 3rd Class M. Ueno and Leading Seaman Kaho Nishimura (right), both assigned to JS Kashima (TV 3508), as they set the brow in place during the Kashima’s arrival in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on June 8, 2010. Members of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force are in the area to participate in various professional exchanges and social events with their U.S. counterparts. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the U.S.-Japan Treaty of Mutual Cooperation of Security of 1960 that established the alliance between the two countries.