PHILIPPINE SEA (March 18, 2022) Gunner’s Mate Seaman Apprentice Ai’Jai Schultz, from Savannah, Georgia, fires a shot line from the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) to the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Ericsson (T-AO 194) during a replenishment-at-sea. Dewey is assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15 and is underway supporting a Free and Open Indo-Pacific. CTF 71/DESRON 15 is the Navy’s largest forward-deployed DESRON and the 7th Fleet’s principal surface force.

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