TIMOR SEA (Sept. 25, 2024) – U.S. Navy Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Angel Vazquez (right), from Caguas, Puerto Rico, stands lee helm watch while talking with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Lt. j.g. Yoshichika Morimoto on the bridge aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) while operating in the Timor Sea, Sept. 25, 2024. Dewey 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 Greg Johnson)