210719-N-WU807-1009 PHILIPPINE SEA (July 19, 2021) Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Erica Reiter, right, from North Smithfield, , receives an Enlisted Air Warfare Specialist (ESWS) certificate from Cmdr. Joseph Burgon, from Cottonwood, Calif., aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), July 19. Charleston, part of Destroyer Squadron Seven, is on a rotational deployment, operating in the 7th fleet area of operations 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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