190522-N-EH218-1264 GULF OF ALASKA (May 22, 2019) Rear Adm. Daniel Dwyer, commander, Carrier Strike Group Nine, right, shakes hands with Seaman Richard McClain, from Pittsburgh, on the bridge of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100) 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 1st Class Ryan J. Batchelder/Released)