Fishers’ own Gabriel Blankenship serves his country aboard USS Milius

Seaman Gabriel Blankenship of Fishers uploads ammunition into a Mark .38 25 mm machine gun system during routine operations aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69), in the Pacific Ocean on Nov. 14. Milius is forward-deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force.