The Russian Federation Navy Udaloy (Fregat) Class (Type 1155) Destroyer MARSHAL SHAPOSHNIKOV (DDG 543) (foreground) and US Navy (USN) Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser (Aegis) USS COWPENS (CG 63), underway in the Pacific Ocean, during the opening phases of a joint US-Russian Naval Exercise. A Russian Federation Navy vessel made the first visit to the US Territory of Guam in order to participate in a joint humanitarian assistance and disaster relief exercise