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Ensign James Bateman, from Huntsville, Ala., scans the horizon utilizing the ‘big eyes’ while standing watch on the on the bridge wing as the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) conducts routine underway operations. McCain is forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.