PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 2, 2023) Operations Specialist 2nd Class Justin Joyner stands watch in the control room aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70) in the Philippine Sea. Hopper is assigned to Commander, Task Force 71 and deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Victoria Mejicanos)