SOUTH CHINA SEA (Sept. 6, 2022) Gas Turbine Systems Technician (Mechanical) 2nd Class Alexis Cardona, from Farmersville, California, prepares to install a new oil filter in an inlet plenum fuel metering valve aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) while conducting routine operations in the South China Sea, Sept. 6. Higgins is assigned to Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed DESRON and the 7th fleet’s principal surface force.

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