U.S. Navy Damage Controlman Fireman Caden Baik, from California, transports a plugging kit to a simulated structural damage casualty in an engineering space aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) during a damage control training team drill while underway in the Indian Ocean, July 16, 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: | 07.15.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 07.17.2026 02:51 |
| Photo ID: | 9815680 |
| VIRIN: | 260716-N-ER894-2069 |
| Resolution: | 4702x3375 |
| Size: | 2.25 MB |
| Location: | INDIAN OCEAN |
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