190927-N-DH811-1043 EAST CHINA SEA (Sept. 27, 2019) Seaman Nick Woody, from Monrovia, Calif., talks into a phone while on the bridge of the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70). Lake Erie 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 Benjamin T. Liston/Released)