USS Howard (DDG 83) Live-Fire Exercise

PHILIPPINE SEA (June 29, 2023) Commander Kenji Igawa, commanding officer of the guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83), searches for a simulated surface contact before a live-fire exercise in the Philippine Sea, June 29. Howard is assigned to Commander, Task Force 71/ Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest and forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Santiago Navarro)