PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 2, 2022) Ben Seay, right, from Litchfield Park, Arizona, shows Cmdr. Joseph McGettigan, commanding officer of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76), how to launch an Aerosonde unmanned aerial vehicle from a turntable launch and recovery system aboard the ship’s flight deck while conducting routine operations in the Philippine Sea, Sept. 2. Higgins is assigned to Commander, 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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