160614-N-SU278-749 PACIFIC OCEAN (Jun. 14, 2016) – Cmdr. Manuel Hernandez (center) monitors as Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Michael Defries (right) and Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Michael Defries, assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111), control an MH-60R helicopter, assigned to Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 49, during a helicopter in-flight refueling exercise on the ship’s flight deck. Spruance, along with the guided-missile destroyers USS Momsen (DDG 92) and USS Decatur (DDG 73), and embarked “Devil Fish” and “Warbirds” detachments of HSM 49, are deployed in support of maritime security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific as part of a U.S. 3rd Fleet Pacific Surface Action Group (PAC SAG) under Commander, Destroyer Squadron (CDS) 31. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Will Gaskill/Released)