 Ship drydock periods are just as important to fleet readiness as deployments are. Petty Officer Kirk Putnam tells us how USS John S. McCain has taken a huge step forward in its maintenance period. The commanding officer of McCain, Commander Chad Graham, said the crew of McCain conducted deep-level repair and preservation efforts. And by doing it themselves have already saved the Navy more than $400,000. This has been a big milestone for us to be able to get water under the keel, float the ship and see that a lot of the work that they did is holding. You know, it's one step closer to sailing again and that's what every single one of us wants to do is get back out to sea and support the operations in 7th Fleet. Commander Graham said the ship still has a few months of repairs left before they are deployment ready, but the hard work of his crew has already paid off. Petty Officer Kirk Putnam, Yukosuka Naval Base, Japan.