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240928-N-CV021-1042 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Sep. 28, 2024) Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83) shoot a shot line on the fo’c’sle during a replenishment-at-sea with Royal New Zealand Navy auxiliary oiler replenishment ship HMNZS Aotearoa (A 11) in the South China Sea, Sep. 28. Howard 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 3rd Class Alexandria Esteban)