200619-N-ML755-1056 ARABIAN GULF (June 19, 2020) Quartermaster Sasha Ortiz uses an alidade aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60) to find the bearing of distant merchant vessels, June 19, 2020. Paul Hamilton is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic chokepoints to the free flow of global commerce. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Matthew F. Jackson/Released)