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7th Fleet Destroyer Transits Taiwan Strait

22 November 2021

From U.S. 7th Fleet Public Affairs

TAIWAN STRAIT - Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69) conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit Nov. 23 (local time) through international waters in accordance with international law.
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The ship's transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the U.S. commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. The United States military flies, sails, and operates anywhere international law allows.

211122-N-QF023-1025 TAIWAN STRAIT (Nov. 22, 2021) Chief Electronics Technician Siggy Pak, from Milpitas, Calif., stands watch as the combat systems coordinator aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69) as the ship conducts a routine transit through the Taiwan Strait Nov. 22, 2021. Milius, assigned to Commander, Task Force (CTF) 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, is forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice RuKiyah Mack).
Chief Electronics Technician Siggy Pak, from Milpitas, Calif., stands watch as the combat systems coordinator aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69) as the ship conducts a routine transit through the Taiwan Strait Nov. 22, 2021. Milius, assigned to Commander, Task Force (CTF) 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, is forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.
211122-N-QF023-1025 TAIWAN STRAIT (Nov. 22, 2021) Chief Electronics Technician Siggy Pak, from Milpitas, Calif., stands watch as the combat systems coordinator aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69) as the ship conducts a routine transit through the Taiwan Strait Nov. 22, 2021. Milius, assigned to Commander, Task Force (CTF) 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, is forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice RuKiyah Mack).
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Chief Electronics Technician Siggy Pak, from Milpitas, Calif., stands watch as the combat systems coordinator aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69) as the ship conducts a routine transit through the Taiwan Strait Nov. 22, 2021. Milius, assigned to Commander, Task Force (CTF) 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, is forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.
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Photo By: Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice RuKiyah Mack
VIRIN: 211122-N-QF023-1025

  
 

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