191016-N-CL550-0051 SEA OF JAPAN (Oct. 16, 2019) Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class Laurence Cerezo, from San Bernardino, Calif., serves as the flight deck officer as an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter, assigned to the U.S. Air Force’s 33rd Rescue Squadron, prepares to land on the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69) during joint deck landing qualifications. 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)