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PACIFIC OCEAN

PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 2, 2023) The amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25) transits the Pacific Ocean while underway with the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group. The Boxer Amphibious Readiness Group is underway in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations conducting advanced tactical training that increases warfighting capability and tactical proficiency across all domains. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James Finney) Share

SOUTH CHINA SEA

SOUTH CHINA SEA (Nov. 3, 2023) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) is underway in the South China Sea, Nov. 3, 2023. Dewey is forward-deployed and assigned to Commander, Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Greg Johnson) Share

PACIFIC OCEAN

PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 23, 2023) Sailors assigned to Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) ride in a rigid-hull inflatable boat during small boat operations with USS Sterett (DDG 104). William P. Lawrence, assigned to Carrier Strike Group 1, is underway conducting routine operations in U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. 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 Ensign Mary Chase) Share

GAETA, Italy

GAETA, Italy (Oct. 18, 2023) - The Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) departs U. S. Naval Support Activity Naples, Detachment Gaeta, in Gaeta, Italy, Oct. 18, 2023. Mount Whitney, the U.S. Sixth Fleet flagship, is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by the U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied, and partner interests. Homeported in Gaeta, Mount Whitney operates with a combined crew of U.S. Sailors and Military Sealift Command civil service members. (U.S. Marine photo by LCpl. Jack Labrador) Share

MEDITERRANEAN SEA

MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Oct. 16, 2023) Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64), move stores during a replenishment-at-sea with the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE 13), Oct. 16, 2023. Carney is currently a part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group. The strike group is on a scheduled deployment conducting routine operations in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by the U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied, and partner interests. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Lau) Share

MEDITERRANEAN SEA

MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Oct. 16, 2023) Gunner's Mate Seaman Luis Ayala-Lopez, from Bayamon, Puerto Rico, assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64), fires a shot-line during a replenishment-at-sea with the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE 13), Oct. 16, 2023. Carney is currently a part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group. The strike group is on a scheduled deployment conducting routine operations in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by the U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied, and partner interests. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Lau) Share

MEDITERRANEAN SEA

MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Oct. 16, 2023) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Carney (DDG 64), right, and USS Ramage (DDG 61), left, sail to the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE 13) for a replenishment-at-sea, Oct. 16, 2023. Carney is currently a part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group. The strike group is on a scheduled deployment conducting routine operations in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by the U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied, and partner interests. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Lau) Share

NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain

NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (Oct. 5, 2023) Equipment Operator Constructionman Christian Ramirez, Equipment Operator 2nd Class David Francis, and Equipment Operator 2nd Class Alex Jackson, assigned to Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota, Spain's Public Works Department production division transportation branch weight handling equipment crew, support an ammunition movement aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) Oct. 5, 2023. Bulkeley routinely operates in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., Allied and Partner interests. PWD Rota provides a full range of Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command facility and environmental products and services to NAVSTA Rota to include quality life-cycle facilities management, utilities, transportation, and environmental services to support mission requirements of the Commander, Naval Activities Spain and other supported commands. (U.S. Navy photo) Share

Mediterranean Sea

MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Oct. 16, 2023) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Carney (DDG 64), left, and USS Ramage (DDG 61), right, sail together for a replenishment-at-sea with the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE 13), Oct. 16, 2023. Carney is currently a part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group. The strike group is on a scheduled deployment conducting routine operations in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by the U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied, and partner interests. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Lau) Share

SOUTH CHINA SEA

SOUTH CHINA SEA (Oct. 27, 2023) The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Robert Smalls (CG 62) takes on fuel during a replenishment-at-sea with the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Yukon (T-AO 202) in the South China Sea, Oct. 27, 2023. Robert Smalls is forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet, the U.S. 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. Commander, Task Force 73 (CTF) in coordination with Military Sealift Command Far East (MSC FE) refuels and resupplies deployed naval forces, along with regional allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class RuKiyah Mack). Share

SOUTH CHINA SEA

SOUTH CHINA SEA (Oct. 28, 2023) Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) conduct a replenishment-at-sea with the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo USNS Wally Schirra (T-AKE-8) in the South China Sea, Oct. 28, 2023. Rafael Peralta is forward-deployed and assigned to Commander, Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy's largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet's principal surface force. CTF 73, in coordination with Military Sealift Command Far East (MSC FE), refuels and resupplies deployed naval forces along with regional allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Alexandria Esteban) Share

SAN DIEGO

SAN DIEGO (Oct. 28, 2023) The Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Robert F. Kennedy (T-AO 208) slides into the water during its christening ceremony in San Diego, Oct. 28, 2023, at the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San Diego, Calif. (U.S. Navy photo by Sarah Cannon) Share