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AT SEA - Sejong the Great-class guided-missile destroyer ROKS Yulgok Yi I (DDG 992) sails alongside Arleigh Burke class-guided missile-destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86) during a photo exercise with Republic of Korea Navy ships, Sept. 25, 2023. Shoup is assigned to Commander, Task Force 70 and is participating in a multi-domain bilateral exercise with the Republic of Korea Navy in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. The exercise is taking place near the 70th anniversary of the U.S. and Republic of Korea’s Oct. 1, 1953 Mutual Defense Treaty. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class RuKiyah Mack)