SOUTH CHINA SEA (Sept. 12, 2022) Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) approaches Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler USNS Big Horn (T-AO 198) while preparing to conduct a replenishment-at-sea in the South China Sea. Higgins 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. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Donavan K. Patubo)