Side boys stand ready to welcome guests to a dinner held aboard U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752) in Manila, Philippines, June 2, 2023, to commemorate a trilateral engagement with the Philippine and Japan Coast Guards. Stratton deployed to the Western Pacific under U.S. Navy 7th Fleet command to serve as a non-escalatory asset for the promotion of a rules-based order in the maritime domain by engaging with partner nations and allies in the region. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Brett Cote)