PHILIPPINE SEA (March 24, 2024) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) sails in formation with USS America (LHA 6) and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Kongo-class destroyer JS Kongo (DDG-173) and USS Dewey (DDG 105) during a live-fire exercise in the Philippine Sea, March 24, 2024. Ralph Johnson is forward deployed and assigned to 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 1st Class Jamaal Liddell)