USS Ralph Johnson conducts flight ops in Sea of Japan

Sea of Japan (March 10, 2025) Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Vincent Opoku from Accra, Ghana, middle, watches as Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Shelby White from Katy, Texas, left, and Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Tyatiana Finley, middle, chock and chain an MH-60S assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 4 the “Black Knights” to the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) while underway in the Sea of Japan, March 10. 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 Hannah Fry)