SOUTH CHINA SEA (Feb. 15, 2022) Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Jimenez Bello, front, from San Jose, Calif., and Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Ashley Iuli, from Los Angeles, rig a return messenger line aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) during a replenishment-at-sea with the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE 3). 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)