PHILIPPINE SEA (March 28, 2024) Ensign Julianne Barkholz, from Wausau, Wisconsin, front, and Ensign Christopher Martinez, from Castroville, Texas, stand watch on the bridge wing aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83) during a surface action group exercise in the Philippine Sea, March 28, 2024. Howard 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 3rd Class Alexandria Esteban)