PHILIPPINE SEA (Oct. 23, 2023) Command Master Chief Blake Schimmel, from Wheaton, Illinois, command master chief of Task Force 70, talks to Sailors on the mess decks aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86) during routine operations in the Philippine Sea, Oct. 23, 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)