191009-N-CL550-0156 SEA OF JAPAN (Oct. 9, 2019) Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Christopher Aranda, from San Diego, center, signals to the pilots of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, assigned to the “Wild Cards” of the Army’s 2-2 Assault Helicopter Battalion, during deck landing qualification operations on the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69). Milius 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 Taylor DiMartino/Released)