CRUISING THE INDIAN OCEAN

Quartermaster 2nd Class Leonardo Flores, from Port Chester, New York, is pictured measuring the ship’s position with a marine sextant on the signal bridge of the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) in the Indian Ocean on July 20. 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.