AT SEA (Sept. 25, 2023) The Republic of Korea Chungmugong Yi Sunshin-class helicopter destroyer ROKS Dae Joyeung (DDG 997), left, Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Robert Smalls (CG 62), fast-combat support ship ROKS Cheonji (AOE 57), Sejong the Great-class guided-missile destroyer ROKS Yulgok Yi I (DDG 992), and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86) operate in formation during a bilateral exercise, Sept. 25, 2023. Robert Smalls and Shoup are assigned to Commander, Task Force 70 and are participating in a multi-domain bilateral exercise with the Republic of Korea Navy in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. The exercise is taking place near the 70th anniversary of the U.S. and Republic of Korea’s Oct. 1, 1953 Mutual Defense Treaty. [U.S. Navy photo by Naval Air Crewman (Helicopter) 2nd Class Timothy Fortin]