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SOUTH CHINA SEA (Sept. 8, 2021) Operations Specialist 2nd Class Brittany Sopolosky, from Anderson, S.C., monitors surface contacts from the bridge of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) as the ship transits the South China Sea conducting routine underway operations. Benfold 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 Communication Specialist 1st Class Deanna C. Gonzales)