SOUTH CHINA SEA (Oct. 25, 2023) Ensign Amanda Cervantes, from Chicago, maintains communications on the bridge aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) during a replenishment-at-sea with the Royal New Zealand Navy auxiliary oiler HMNZS Aotearoa (A 11) in the South China Sea, Oct. 25, 2023. Rafael Peralta is forward-deployed and assigned to Commander, Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy's largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet's principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Alexandria Esteban)