U.S. Navy Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Malachi Cottingham, from South Carolina, gives hand signals to an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 35 on the flight deck aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) while underway in the Indian Ocean, June 6, 2026. Mustin is forward-deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. U.S. 7th Fleet, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Timothy Dimal)
| Date Taken: | 06.05.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 06.11.2026 00:23 |
| Photo ID: | 9741750 |
| VIRIN: | 260606-N-ER894-1012 |
| Resolution: | 5666x3454 |
| Size: | 2.26 MB |
| Location: | INDIAN OCEAN |
| Web Views: | 2 |
| Downloads: | 2 |
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