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AT SEA (April 8, 2025) Mineman 2nd Class Dylan Berney, from Burlington, Kentucky, and assigned to the Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Warrior (MCM 10), engages the anchor windlass brake hand wheel during an anchoring evolution during Korean Spring Exercise (KSE) at sea, April 8, 2025. Korean Spring Exercise increases combined proficiency between the Republic of Korea Navy and the U.S. Navy through the exchange of tactics and techniques, while enhancing common bonds. KSE takes place in U.S. 7th Fleet, the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, which routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mineman 1st Class Michael Phillips)