USS Mustin conducts line-handling training in Indian Ocean

U.S. Navy Sailors heave on a line during a line-handling training on the quarterdeck of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) in the Indian Ocean, May 13, 2026. Mustin is forward deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. U.S. 7th Fleet, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Timothy Dimal)