EAST CHINA SEA (Aug. 22, 2020) Ensign Thomas Demeri, from Kinnelon, New Jersey, assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97) serves as conning officer during a replenishment-at-sea with the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE 11). Halsey is underway conducting operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific while assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Andrew Langholf)