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Photo: Sailor from Maui serves in the Philippine Sea aboard USS Preble

Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Genesis Versola, from Kahului, Maui is pictured above braiding a rat tail stopper aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) in the Philippine Sea, Nov. 29. Preble is forward-deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and the US 7th Fleet’s principal surface force.

Sailor from Maui serves aboard forward-deployed Navy warship in Japan

Petty Officer 2nd Class Wendell Hidalgo, a sailor from Maui, Hawaiʻi, serves in Japan aboard a forward-deployed US Navy warship. Hidalgo graduated from Maui High School in 2019.

PHOTO: Maui Sailor Participates in Navy Fitness Challenge

Operations Specialist 1st Class Andrew Pristyak, from Kīhei, Maui, participates in a Sailor of the Year fitness challenge in Yokosuka, Japan.

Maui Sailor Providing Critical Missile Defense in Romania

A Seabury Hall High School graduate from Maui is part of a new and unique Navy command providing critical missile defense to a large part of Europe.