Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Devin Monroe | Commander, Destroyer Squadron 15 | 03.02.2024
LUZON STRAIT (March 2, 2024) Religious Program Specialist Seaman Nehemiah Summers(right) informs Seaman Noah Heller(left) of the correct route to a simulated casualty during a general quarters drill aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115). Rafael Peralta is forward-deployed and assigned to Commander, Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Devin Monroe | Commander, Destroyer Squadron 15 | 03.02.2024
LUZON STRAIT (March 2, 2024) Sailors prepare to investigate a simulated casualty during a general quarters drill aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115). Rafael Peralta is forward-deployed and assigned to Commander, Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S.......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Devin Monroe | Commander, Destroyer Squadron 15 | 03.02.2024
LUZON STRAIT (March 2, 2024) Damage Controlman 3rd Class Danielpaolo Palma reviews a damage control checklist during a general quarters drill aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115). Rafael Peralta is forward-deployed and assigned to Commander, Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Mason Congleton | Commander, Carrier Strike Group 9 | 03.01.2024
LUZON STRAIT (Mar. 1, 2023) Seaman Dustin Bridge, from Cuba, NM., stands helmsman aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100) during a transit through the Luzon Strait, Mar. 1, 2024. USINDOPACOM forces perform operations in and around critical sea passages and trade thoroughfares to deter threats that create regional instability and impinge on the free flow of......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Mason Congleton | Commander, Carrier Strike Group 9 | 03.01.2024
LUZON STRAIT (Mar. 1, 2023) Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Jacob Miller, from Vancouver, WA., stands lookout watch aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100) during a transit through the Luzon Strait, Mar. 1, 2024. USINDOPACOM forces perform operations in and around critical sea passages and trade thoroughfares to deter threats that create regional instability and......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Taylor DiMartino | USS Germantown (LSD 42) | 09.05.2020
SOUTH CHINA SEA (Sept. 5, 2020) Operations Specialist 3rd Class Ahjena Hughes-James, from East Palo Alto, Calif., communicates with the combat information center while standing watch on the bridge as the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) transits the Luzon Strait. Germantown, part of the America Amphibious Ready Group assigned to Amphibious Squadron 11, along with the 31st......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Taylor DiMartino | USS Germantown (LSD 42) | 09.05.2020
SOUTH CHINA SEA (Sept. 5, 2020) Junior Officer of the Deck Ensign Yeltsin Rodriguez, from Des Moines, Iowa, left, shows a maneuvering board to Commanding Officer Cmdr. Christopher Causee, center, and Officer of the Deck Lt. j. g. Shayla Friesen, from Silver Spring, Md., on the bridge while the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) transits the Luzon Strait. Germantown, part of......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Taylor DiMartino | USS Germantown (LSD 42) | 09.05.2020
SOUTH CHINA SEA (Sept. 5, 2020) Seaman Cameron Collins, from Cleveland, Texas, stands watch on the helm while the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) transits the Luzon Strait. Germantown, part of the America Amphibious Ready Group assigned to Amphibious Squadron 11, along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to......
