190921-N-JW440-3007 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Sept. 21, 2019) Lt. Stephen Coles, from Kalamazoo, Mich., stands watch inside a combat information center aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108). Wayne E. Meyer 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 Rawad Madanat/Released)