APRA HARBOR, Guam (Aug. 6, 2021) Chief Boatswain's Mate Edney Sheehan, right, from Greenville, , and Mineman 2nd Class William Updegraff, from New Orleans, assigned to Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), conduct a search and rescue swimmer exercise, Aug. 6. Charleston, part of Destroyer Squadron Seven, is on a rotational deployment operating in the 7th Fleet area of operation to enhance interoperability with partners and serve as a ready-response force in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

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