PHILIPPINE SEA (Dec. 16, 2023) Operations Specialist 2nd Class Justin Joyner, from Virginia Beach, Virginia, monitors for surface contacts during watchstanding in the combat information center aboard the Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70) during routine underway operations in the Philippine Sea, Dec. 16, 2023. Hopper is forward-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 2nd Class Leon Vonguyen)