AWR1 Justin Sherman

SOUTH CHINA SEA (March 15, 2022) The guided-missile destroyer USS Momsen (DDG 92), the Royal Australian Navy Meko-class frigate HMAS Arunta (FFH 151), and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force guided-missile destroyer JS Yuudachi (DD 103) transit the South China Sea while a P-8A Poseidon flies by during a trilateral training event. Momsen is assigned to Commander, Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy's largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet's principal fighting force, and is underway supporting a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Naval Air Crewman (Helicopter) 1st Class Justin Sherman)