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    Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, Michael J. Rigas tours DESRON 15 command caves [Image 9 of 9]

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    Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, Michael J. Rigas tours DESRON 15 command caves

    COMMANDER, FLEET ACTIVITIES YOKOSUKA, KANAGAWA, JAPAN

    01.27.2026

    Photo by Chief Petty Officer Taylor DiMartino 

    Commander, Destroyer Squadron 15

    U.S. Navy Senior Chief Operations Specialist Michael Ojeda, assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, right, leads a cave tour for Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, Michael J. Rigas, second from right, his team, and members of U.S. Embassy Tokyo during a visit to DESRON 15’s headquarters at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, Jan. 27, 2026. DESRON 15’s command headquarters occupy a small, improved section of more than 27 kilometers of hand-dug caves and tunnels; a construction effort ordered by Imperial Japanese naval forces that was excavated from 1938 to 1945. DESRON 15 is the Navy’s largest DESRON and U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy Photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Taylor DiMartino)

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    Date Taken: 01.27.2026
    Date Posted: 02.04.2026 01:01
    Photo ID: 9505775
    VIRIN: 260127-N-CL550-1070
    Resolution: 8237x5491
    Size: 9.95 MB
    Location: COMMANDER, FLEET ACTIVITIES YOKOSUKA, KANAGAWA, JP

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