SOUTH CHINA SEA (Sep. 1, 2021) Boatswain�s Mate Seaman Joshua Whidden, from Harker Heights, Texas, straps a Sailor in a stretcher during stretcher bearer training aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS O�Kane (DDG 77). O�Kane is deployed supporting Commander, Task Force (CTF) 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy�s largest forward-deployed DESRON and U.S. 7th Fleet�s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Elisha Smith)