191009-N-JW440-1111 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Oct. 9, 2019) Chief Fire Controlman Ryan Pavelich, from Temecula, Calif., monitors a close-in weapon system during a live-fire gunnery exercise 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)