SOUTH CHINA SEA (Sept. 6, 2023) Sailors from the Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Ottawa (FFH 341) pilot a rigid-hull inflatable boat to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) in the South China Sea, Sept. 6, 2023. Ralph Johnson 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 Jamaal Liddell)