Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Matthew Deluca, from Cincinnati, prepares ribs for dinner aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), June 16...

Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Alan Jackson, from Jackson, Ga., signals to tension span wire during a replenishment at sea with Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler USNS Pecos (T-AO 197) aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), June 11...

Mineman 3rd Class Hunter Auslander, from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., dons a fire fighter ensemble a during damage control training exercise aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), June 2...