SOUTH CHINA SEA (Jan. 24, 2022) Culinary Specialist 2nd Class Alex Cabico, left, from Delano, Calif., fires an M240 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)