PHILIPPINE SEA (March 27, 2024) The guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) transits the Philippine Sea in formation with USS Higgins (DDG 76), March 27, 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)