SOUTH CHINA SEA (Oct. 19, 2023) Executive officer Cmdr. Timothy Winters, from Fairfield, Maine, speaks to Sailors during an Advanced Enlisted Leadership Development course in the classroom aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86) during routine operations in the Philippine Sea, Oct. 19, 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)