240328-N-CD453-1001 PHILIPPINE SEA (March 28, 2024) Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Joe Roke, from Clayton, North Carolina, signals to pilots in an MH-60R Seahawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 37 Detachment 1B during flight operations aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105), while conducting operations in the Philippine Sea, March 28. Dewey is forward-deployed and assigned to DESRON 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Samantha Oblander)
A Palm Bay, Florida native and 2020 graduate of Heritage High School is serving aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83), which is forward-deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15.
