SOUTH CHINA SEA (Jan. 20, 2022) Operations Specialist Seaman Apprentice Derick Agatonu, center, from Las Vegas, acts as the connected replenishment rigger and steadies the supply load aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105), during a replenishment-at-sea with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Ericsson (T-AO 194). 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)