EAST CHINA SEA — Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class Megan Smith, from Vinton, La., right, fires a shot line to the Military Sealift Command underway replenishment oiler USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO-199) from the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile-destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) during a replenishment at sea. Fitzgerald is on patrol with the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group in the 7th Fleet are of responsibility supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.