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PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 3, 2020) Ensign Daniel Brandner, from Bartlett, Ill., and Ensign Andrew Shugun, from Elizabethtown, Ky., confirm a set of signal flags during a flag hoist drill with the Royal Australian Navy support ship HMAS Sirius (O 266). Rafael Peralta is underway conducting operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific while assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy's largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet's principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jason Isaacs)