tt ET3 (SW) Shawn Vahle, assigned to USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108), interacts with local children during a community service project in the village of Batasan Hills located in the Quezon City section of Manila. (MC1 Grant P. Ammon/USN)
pp Amphibious dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41) moored during a port visit to Naples, Italy. Whidbey Island is deployed to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. (MC1 (SW) Rachael L. Leslie/USN)
tt Sailors perform morning colors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98). Forrest Sherman is preparing for flag officer sea training. (MCCS(SW/AW) Michael W. Martin/USN)
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qq Rear Adm. Victorino G. Mercado, left, unfurls his one-star flag during a ceremony at the Pentagon with Rear Adm. Thomas S. Rowden. Mercado is believed to be the first active duty surface warfare officer of Filipino ancestry to attain Flag rank in the U.S. Navy. (MC1 (SCW) Demetrius A. Kennon/USN)
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