PHILIPPINE SEA (June 16, 2022) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) launches a Standard Missile 6 during the coordinated multi-domain, multi-axis, long-range maritime strikes against the former Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Vandegrift as part of Valiant Shield 2022, June 16, 2022. Exercises such as Valiant Shield allows the Indo-Pacific Command Joint Task Force the opportunity to integrate forces from all branches of service to conduct long-range, precise, lethal, and overwhelming multi-axis, multi-domain effects that demonstrate the strength and versatility of the Joint Task Force and our commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. Benfold is assigned to Commander, Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force and is on routine deployment as part of Carrier Strike Group 5. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Arthur Rosen)