USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee conducts security force training in South China Sea

Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Cesar Portillo, from Gaithersburg, Maryland, tackles the “Red Man,” Information Systems Technician Cemaj Rollins, from Chesapeake, Virginia, during the oleoresin capsicum spray portion of Security Reaction Force - Basic training on the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123) in the South China Sea, June 14, 2025. The Higbee, assigned to the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, is underway in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations on a scheduled deployment, demonstrating the U.S. Navy’s unwavering commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Peter K. McHaddad)