YOKOSUKA, Japan (May 16, 2024) The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) passes the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Takanami-class destroyer JS Takanami (DD-100) as it departs Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan May 16, 2024. Higgins 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 James Kimber)