Photo by Gregory Johnson | Commander, Destroyer Squadron 15 | 01.18.2023
PHILIPPINE SEA (Jan. 18, 2023) – Cmdr. Charles Cooper, commanding officer of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) and native of Bexley, Ohio, talks on a sound-powered telephone on the ship’s bridge. Rafael Peralta is assigned to Commander, Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th......
Photo by Gregory Johnson | Commander, Destroyer Squadron 15 | 01.18.2023
PHILIPPINE SEA (Jan. 18, 2023) – Ensign Mahmoud Abusaid, from Marietta, Georgia, identifies a surface contact while standing conning officer watch on the bridge aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115). Rafael Peralta is assigned to Commander, Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S.......
Photo by Gregory Johnson | Commander, Destroyer Squadron 15 | 01.18.2023
PHILIPPINE SEA (Jan. 18, 2023) – The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) steams in formation with the Ticonderoga-Class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Atago-class guided-missile destroyer JS Ashigara (DDG 178) while operating in the Philippine Sea, Jan. 18. Rafael Peralta is assigned to......
Photo by Gregory Johnson | Commander, Destroyer Squadron 15 | 01.18.2023
PHILIPPINE SEA (Jan. 18, 2023) – The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67) steams while operating in the Philippine Sea, Jan. 18. Shiloh is assigned to Commander, Task Force 70/Carrier Strike Group 5 underway performing routing operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Greg Johnson)...
Photo by Gregory Johnson | Commander, Destroyer Squadron 15 | 01.18.2023
PHILIPPINE SEA (Jan. 18, 2023) – The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62), right, steams in formation with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Atago-class guided-missile destroyer JS Ashigara (DDG 178) while operating in the Philippine Sea, Jan. 18. Chancellorsville is assigned to Commander, Task Force 70/Carrier Strike Group 5 underway performing routing......
