Lt. Joshua J. Stewart, right, from Mukilteo, WA., explains the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) to members of the 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO) during a tour aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS 16)...

Rear Adm. Christopher Engdahl, center, commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7/Task Force 76, greets the side boys prior to a tour aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS 16)...

Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS 16) conducts routine operations in the Philippine Sea...

Mineman 1st Class Andrew R. Lemke, from Antioch, IL., controls a small boat crane console during rigid-hull inflatable boat (RHIB) operations aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS 16)...

Senior Chief Naval Aircrewman (Helicopter) Jake Senn, left, from Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., assigned to Helicopter Combat Squadron (HSC) 21, escorts Capt. Tom Ogden, commodore of Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 7, from a MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter during flight operations aboard Independence-variant...

Naval Aircrewman (Helicopter) 2nd Class Trenton B. Coble, right, from Edgewood, Texas, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 21, utilizes a rescue hoist on a MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter during a training evolution with Task Group 75.1/ Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5...

Sailors assigned to Task Group 75.1/Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5 keep tension on a line attached to a MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 21, during a repel training evolution on CTG 75.1/EODMU 5’s compound...