PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 8, 2024) Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Mason Carpenter, from Ashe County, North Carolina, practices tactical team movements during an anti-terrorism force protection drill aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104). Sterett is assigned to Carrier Strike Group ONE 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 Charles J. Scudella III)