SOUTH CHINA SEA

SOUTH CHINA SEA — Religious Program Specialist 1st Class Carolyn Thompson, left, from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., prepares a video camera as a sailor prepares to read as part of the United Through Reading program on the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54). The United Through Reading program is a non-profit program that unites military families facing physical separation by facilitating the bonding experience of reading aloud. Antietam is forward deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class William McCann)