161015-N-QC631-032 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Oct. 15, 2016) Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua Barding conducts ladder hooking techniques during a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) drill aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur (DDG 73). Decatur, along with guided-missile destroyers USS Momsen (DDG 92) and USS Spruance (DDG 111), 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 31 (CDS 31). (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Gerald Dudley Reynolds/Released)