160310-N-EF447-078 SOUTH CHINA SEA (March 10, 2016) Sailors stationed onboard the U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), look on as the guided-missile destroyer USS Russell prepares to come along side the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) for a joint replinishment at sea. Blue Ridge recently successfully comleted a six-month restricted availability maintenance period and is on patrol, strengthening and fostering relationships within the Indo-Asia-Pacific, through military-to-military engagements and cultural exchanges(U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Ja'lon A. Rhinehart/Released)