Keywords: US Navy 070904-N-5242D-087 Rear Adm. Robin Dhowan, commander-in-chief of the Indian Eastern Fleet, gives a brief on the Malabar exercise to officers from the U.S., Singaporean, Australian, Japanese and Indian navies aboard Indi.jpg en INDIAN OCEAN Sept 4 2007 - Rear Adm Robin Dhowan commander-in-chief of the Indian Eastern Fleet gives a brief on the Malabar exercise to officers from the U S Singaporean Australian Japanese and Indian navies aboard Indian Navy aircraft carrier INS Viraat R 22 The officers cross-decked from their ships as part of Malabar 2007 Malabar is a multilateral exercise that includes naval forces from India Australia Japan Singapore and the United States It is designed to increase interoperability among the navies and to develop common procedures for maritime security operations U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Dustin Q Diaz RELEASED 2007-09-04 070904-N-5242D-087 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 50420 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Dustin Q Diaz PD-USGov-Military-Navy Malabar 2007 Admirals of India |