190521-N-FA490-1434 GULF OF ALASKA (May 21, 2019) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Russell (DDG 59) transits the Gulf of Alaska while participating in exercise Northern Edge 2019. Northern Edge is one in a series of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command exercises in 2019 that prepares joint forces to respond to crisis in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Andrew Langholf/Released)