EAST CHINA SEA (Oct. 30, 2019) Sonar Technician (Surface) 3rd Class Mateo Micucci steadies Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Dustin Borges, left, from Upland, Calif., as he readies a telescopic boarding pole during visit, board, search, and seizure training in a rigid hull inflatable boat attached to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69). Milius is underway conducting operations in the Indo-Pacific region while assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force.