SOUTH CHINA SEA (Jan. 24, 2022) Fire Controlman Seaman Alan Sue, right, from Houston, fires a .50-caliber machine gun while Fire Controlman 1st Class Jeffrey Gruel, from Billings, Mont., observes during a live-fire exercise aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114). Ralph Johnson is assigned to Task Force 71/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 Samantha Oblander)