The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) conducts bilateral operations with the Royal Canadian Navy while transiting the Taiwan Strait, Oct. 20, 2024. Higgins is forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 3rd Class Trevor Hale)