210624-N-WU807-1069 TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka (June 24, 2021) Electrician's Mate 1st Class Christopher Medve, from Wadsworth, Ohio, receives the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal from Cmdr. Joseph Burgon, from Cottonwood, Calif., aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), June 24. 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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