SOUTH CHINA SEA (Dec. 26, 2020) Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) carry pallets of cargo off the flight deck during a replenishment-at-sea with the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE 3). 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)