THE TENSION: Combat Camera: Aboard USS Chafee, USS John S McCain, April 3, 2009

PEARL HARBOR (Feb. 24, 2009) The Pearl Harbor-based guided missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) is guided out of the harbor by tugboats assigned to Naval Station Pearl Harbor as she departs for a scheduled deployment to the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael A. Lantron.)

DONGHAE, Republic of Korea (March 12, 2009) Cmdr. Heedong Choi, commanding officer of the guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90), holds a press conference with Korean media on the ship's bridge. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Bobbie G. Attaway.)

PEARL HARBOR (Jan. 12, 2009) Sailors aboard the Pearl Harbor-based guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) stow a mooring line as the ship heads to sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist David Rush.)

YOKOSUKA, Japan (April 2, 2009) A large harbor tugboat assists the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) as it moors abreast of the guided-missile USS Hopper (DDG 70) as McCain returns to Fleet Activities Yokosuka from a scheduled underway. McCain is one of seven guided-missile destroyers assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Barry Hirayama.)

PACIFIC OCEAN (April 1, 2009) Search-and-Rescue Swimmer Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Antonio Rodriguez, from Los Angeles, signals he is ready to be lowered to line handlers during a forecastle recovery exercise aboard guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56). McCain is one of seven guided-missile destroyers assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Byron C. Linder.)