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250226-N-HT008-1025 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Feb. 26, 2025) Seaman Katherine Reeb, from Anchorage, Alaska, watches as a helicopter flies overhead during flight operations aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69) in the South China Sea, Feb. 26. Milius 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)