161015-N-SU278-070 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Oct. 15, 2016) Seaman Brandon Diep, assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111), stands watch in Spruance’s combat information center during interoperability drills between the Pacific Surface Action Group (PAC SAG) and Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group (BHR ESG) in the South China Sea, Oct. 13, 2016. The drills are meant to enhance readiness of cruiser-destroyer ships to rapidly integrate with an amphibious task force to provide increased capability for amphibious operations in support of crisis response or disaster relief. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Will Gaskill)