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PARACEL ISLANDS, SOUTH CHINA SEA (Feb. 05, 2021) Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class Carter Musgrave, left, from Zanesville, Ohio, and Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class Brayden Barthel, from Hagerstown, Md., track surface contacts through mark-38 25mm gun remote operator consoles in the pilot house aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) as the ship conducts routine underway operations. McCain is forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.