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PHILIPPINE SEA (Oct. 5, 2023) LCDR Benjamin Funkhouser, from Spokane Valley, Washington walks the flight deck aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86) while conducting routine operations in the Philippine Sea, Oct. 5. Shoup is assigned to Commander, Task Force (CTF) 70, and is forward deployed to Yokosuka, Japan in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Operations Specialist Second Class Riley Black)