U.S. Navy Culinary Specialist 2nd Class Seferino Pesina III, assigned to Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53), looks through binoculars during a visual information event in the South China Sea, July 14, 2026. John Paul Jones 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 operate with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Caleb Kissner)
| Date Taken: | 07.15.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 07.16.2026 22:31 |
| Photo ID: | 9815393 |
| VIRIN: | 260714-N-VC040-1014 |
| Resolution: | 4412x2941 |
| Size: | 2.68 MB |
| Location: | SOUTH CHINA SEA |
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