210728-N-WU807-1104 APRA HARBOR, Guam (July 28, 2021) Senior Chief Information Systems Technician Brent Blose, right, from Indiana, Pa., receives a promotion letter from Cmdr. Joseph Burgon, from Cottonwood, Calif., during a promotion ceremony aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), July 28. 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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