SEA OF JAPAN (Oct. 3, 2023) Sailors load a Mark-46 torpedo into a surface vessel torpedo tube on the boat deck aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86) while conducting routine operations in the Sea of Japan, Oct. 3, 2023. Shoup is assigned to Commander, Task Force (CTF) 70 and is forward deployed to Yokosuka, Japan, in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Donavan K. Patubo)