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241020-N-HT008-1014 TAIWAN STRAIT (Oct. 20, 2024) Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) stands watch in the pilot house during bilateral operations with the Royal Canadian Navy while transiting the Taiwan Strait, Oct. 20. 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 Communications Specialist 3rd Class Trevor Hale)