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TAIWAN STRAIT (Sept. 20, 2022) Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class Chase Stefaniak, from South Bend, Indiana, mans the remote operating console for the 25mm gun, on the bridge of the guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) as the ship conducts a routine Taiwan Strait. 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 Communication Specialist 1st Class Donavan K. Patubo)