191106-N-JW440-2042 SEA OF JAPAN (Nov. 6, 2019) Culinary Specialist 2nd Class Marco Williams, left, from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and Boatswain's Mate Seaman Ivana Gutierrez, from Peekskill, N.Y., participate in a vertical replenishment exercise with an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Easyriders of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 37 on the flight deck of 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)