PHILIPPINE SEA (May 25, 2024) Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) watch as an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter from the "Saberhawks" of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 77 takes off from the flight deck while underway in the Philippine Sea, May 25, 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 Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Hannah Fry)