PHILIPPINE SEA (June 10, 2024) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) transits the Philippine Sea near the Miyako Strait, June 10, 2024. U.S. Indo-Pacific Command forces perform operations in and around critical sea passages and trade thoroughfares to deter threats that create regional instability and impinge on the free flow of goods, people and ideas. (U.S. Navy photograph by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Hannah Fry)