170506-N-BV658-374 SOUTH CHINA SEA (May 6, 2017) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) transits the South China Sea before a replenishment-at-sea with the fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Ericsson (T-AO-194) and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104). Dewey is part of the Sterett-Dewey Surface Action Group and is the third deploying group operating under the command and control construct called 3rd Fleet Forward. (U.S. Navy photo By Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kryzentia Weiermann/Released)