Senior Chief Culinary Specialist Joseph Densmore, from Cumming, Ga., climbs a ladder while participating in a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) training in the well deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) during Amphibious Landing Exercise 2015 (PHIBLEX 15). PHIBLEX 15 is an annual bilateral training exercise with the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Germantown is part of the Peleliu Expeditionary Strike Group, commanded by Rear Adm. Hugh Wetherald, and is conducting joint forces exercises in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Raul Moreno Jr./Released)