SOUTH CHINA SEA (March 25, 2023) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Milius (DDG 69) and USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93), background, transit the South China Sea while conducting operations with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, March 25, 2023. Milius is forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Greg Johnson)