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250109-N-HT008-1012 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Jan. 9, 2025) Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) prepare to load personnel into a rigid hull inflatable boat during a bilateral exercise with the Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class frigate HMCS Ottawa (FFH 341) in the South China Sea, Jan. 9. Higgins 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 Trevor Hale)