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PHILIPPINE SEA (April 7, 2024) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83) replenishes from the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Yukon (T-AO 202) in the Philippine Sea, April 7, 2024. Ralph Johnson is forward deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy's largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet's principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jamaal Liddell)