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U.S. Navy Culinary Specialist 1st Class Jesus Rios, left, from California, and Logistics Specialist Seaman Grant Lacanin, from North Carolina, aim an M2A1 .50-caliber machine gun toward a simulated aggressive rigid-hull inflatable boat approaching the starboard quarter of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) during an integrated training team drill while underway in the Indian Ocean, June 9, 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)