Dressing out for General Quarters

Cryptologic Technician (Technical) Seaman Michael Gonzales II, from Bluffton, S.C., dresses out in a firefighting ensemble during a general quarters drill on the mess decks of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123) in the South China Sea, on Saturday, May 10, 2025. Higbee, assigned to the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, is underway in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations on a scheduled deployment, demonstrating the U.S. Navy’s unwavering commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Peter K. McHaddad/U.S. Navy