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)
YOKOSUKA, Japan – The first annual Japan-based Junior Officer Training Symposium (JOTS) was hosted by Commander, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15 in Yokosuka, April 19.