USS Monterey, a guided-missile cruiser, is making an unscheduled deployment on Oct. 16 to the 5th and 6th Fleet areas so that USS O’Kane can be deployed to the 7th Fleet.
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By MC3 Billy Ho [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
The sailing branch has an urgent need to fill up ballistic missile defense duties caused by the withdrawal of USS John S. McCain and Fitzgerald. O’Kane was originally scheduled to deploy to the 5th and 6th Fleet.