161013-N-BB269-382 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Oct. 13, 2016) Petty Officer 1st Class Gary Rivas, left, Seaman Jawann Gibson, center, and Cmdr. Severn Stevens, commanding officer of the Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42), cut a cake during a celebration in honor of the Navy’s 241st birthday. Germantown, attached to Expeditionary Strike Group 7, is underway in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operation in support of security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Raymond D. Diaz III/Released)