PHILIPPINE SEA . A Sailor aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) guides a pallet during a replenishment-at-sea with the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Yukon (T-AO 202) in the Philippine Sea, March 22, 2024. Higgins is forward deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the NavyÕs largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th FleetÕs principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Hannah Fry)PHILIPPINE SEA. The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) conducts a Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) live-fire exercise in the Philippine Sea, April 4. Ralph Johnson is forward deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the NavyÕs largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th FleetÕs principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jamaal Liddell)PHILIPPINE SEA. The guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) launches a Standard Missile (SM) 2 during a live-fire exercise in the Philippine Sea, April 5, 2024. Ralph Johnson is forward deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the NavyÕs largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th FleetÕs principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jamaal Liddell)PHILIPPINE SEA. The guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) launches a Standard Missile (SM) 2 during a live-fire exercise in the Philippine Sea, April 5, 2024. Ralph Johnson is forward deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the NavyÕs largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th FleetÕs principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jamaal Liddell)PHILIPPINE SEA . The dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10) launches a drone during a live-fire exercise in the Philippine Sea, April 5, 2024. Charles Drew is suppporting ships from Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the NavyÕs largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th FleetÕs principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jamaal Liddell)