200104-N-CL550-0146 SEA OF JAPAN (Jan. 4, 2020) Gunner’s Mate Seaman Apprentice Derion Salter, from Jasper, Texas, prepares to fire an M240 machine gun during a live-fire gunnery exercise aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69). Milius is underway conducting operations in the Indo-Pacific region while assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Taylor DiMartino/Released)