SOUTH CHINA SEA (Jan. 12, 2022) Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Ashley Luli, from Los Angeles, assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105), cuts the stoppers on the underway replenishment fueling hose messenger line during a replenishment-at-sea with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Yukon (T-AO 202). Dewey is assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15 and is underway supporting a Free and Open Indo-Pacific. CTF 71/DESRON 15 is 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 1st Class Benjamin A. Lewis)