PHILIPPINE SEA (Dec. 17, 2020) Lt. j.g. Searra Sandlin, from Chandler, Ariz., looks through a telescopic alidade while standing watch on the bridge wing aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) as the ship sails in formation with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Hyūga-class helicopter destroyer JS Hyūga (DDH 181) and the French navy’s Rubis-class nuclear-powered submarine FS Émeraude (S-604) while conducting integrated maritime security operations. John S. McCain is 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 2nd Class Markus Castaneda)