SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 20, 2024) Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83) transits the South China Sea, April 20, 2024. Howard, part of Carrier Strike Group Nine, is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet is the Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Adina Phebus)
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SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 20, 2024) Sailors clean the close-in weapon system (CIWS) during a fresh-water washdown aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118), April 20, 2024. Daniel Inouye, part of Carrier Strike Group Nine, is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet is the Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jadyn Beavers)
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SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 18, 2024) Sailors participate in a simulated man overboard rescue drill aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118), April 18, 2024. Daniel Inouye, part of Carrier Strike Group Nine, is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet is the Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jadyn Beavers)
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SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 18, 2024) Sailors participate in a simulated man overboard rescue drill aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118), April 18, 2024. Daniel Inouye, part of Carrier Strike Group Nine, is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet is the Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jadyn Beavers)
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PHILIPPINE SEA (April 15, 2024) Sailors aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118) participate in a replenishment-at-sea with Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Ericsson (T-AO 194), April 15, 2024. Daniel Inouye, part of Carrier Strike Group Nine, is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet is the Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jadyn Beavers)
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