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U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ryre Arciaga

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ryre Arciaga ()

PHILIPPINE SEA (June 10, 2023) Retail Services Specialist Seaman Rylee Schippert, from Warren, Ohio, mans the forward phone talker station on the fo'c'sle of the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) during a replenishment at sea with the fast combat support ship USNS Rappahannock (T-AOE 7) in the Philippine Sea, June 10, 2023. Antietam is assigned to Commander, Task Force (CTF) 70, and is forward-deployed to Yokosuka, Japan to support the security of the U.S. and its Allies in the Indo-Pacific.

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