San Mateo USN sailor serving on missile cruiser in S. China Sea

Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Xandrix Gacusan from San Mateo, California (right) and Quartermaster Seaman Alex Guenther, from Gordon, Pennsylvania. (U.S. Navy/Specialist 2nd Class William McCann)

SOUTH CHINA SEA — Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Xandrix Gacusan from San Mateo, California, monitored a Voyage Management System for safety and navigation on the bridge of the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) during a replenishment-at-sea with the underway replenishment oiler USNS John Ericsson (T-AO-194).

Antietam is forward deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.