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SOUTH CHINA SEA

Cmdr. Matt Adams, commanding officer of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111), left, and Cmdr. Leigh Tate, executive officer of Spruance, oversee a replenishment-at-sea with the Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS Rappahannock (T-AO 204) in the South China Sea. Spruance, assigned to the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, is underway conducting routine operations in the 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 Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Joey Sitter) Share

U.S. 5TH FLEET

A U.S. Navy damage controlman shores a damaged overhead during an integrated training team drill aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo) Share

PHILADELPHIA

A U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technician from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 6 enters a flooded ballast tank aboard the ex-USS McHenry (LSD-43) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Nov. 18, 2024. MDSU 2 and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 6 are training as an integrated team during a simulated afloat salvage exercise encompassing battle damage, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and long-range communication aboard the ex-USS Fort McHenry. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Jackson Adkins) Share

PHILADELPHIA

A U.S. Navy diver from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2 assesses damage to a bulkhead in a ballast tank of the ex-USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43) during an afloat salvage drill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Nov. 18, 2024. MDSU 2 and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 6 are training as an integrated team during a simulated afloat salvage exercise encompassing battle damage, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and long-range communication aboard the ex-USS Fort McHenry. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Jackson Adkins) Share

PHILADELPHIA

U.S. Navy divers from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2 and Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technicians from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 6 conduct a mission briefing in response to a simulated rocket attack aboard the ex-USS Fort McHenry's (LSD-43) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Nov. 19, 2024. MDSU 2 and EODMU 6 are training as an integrated team during a simulated afloat salvage exercise encompassing battle damage, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and long-range communication aboard the ex-USS Fort McHenry. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Jackson Adkins) Share

PHILADELPHIA

A U.S. Navy diver from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2 assesses a space during a damage control drill in the ex-USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Nov. 19, 2024. MDSU 2 and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 6 are training as an integrated team during a simulated afloat salvage exercise encompassing battle damage, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and long-range communication aboard the ex-USS Fort McHenry. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Jackson Adkins) Share

PHILADELPHIA

A U.S. Navy diver from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2 and a Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 6 deploy a Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) in a ballast tank of the ex-USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Nov. 19, 2024. MDSU 2 and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 6 are training as an integrated team during a simulated afloat salvage exercise encompassing battle damage, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and long-range communication aboard the ex-USS Fort McHenry. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Jackson Adkins) Share

PHILADELPHIA

A U.S. Navy diver from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2 enters the water during a simulated anti-terrorism force protection (ATFP) dive off the side of the ex-USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43) in the NAVSEA Inactive Ships Maintenance Yard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Nov. 18, 2024. MDSU 2 and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 6 are training as an integrated team during a simulated afloat salvage exercise encompassing battle damage, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and long-range communication aboard the ex-USS Fort McHenry. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Jackson Adkins) Share

PHILADELPHIA

A U.S. Navy diver from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2 conducts a bottom search of the ex-USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43) during a simulated anti-terrorism force protection (ATFP) dive in the NAVSEA Inactive Ships Maintenance Yard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Nov. 18, 2024. MDSU 2 and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 6 are training as an integrated team during a simulated afloat salvage exercise encompassing battle damage, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and long-range communication aboard the ex-USS Fort McHenry. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Jackson Adkins) Share

PHILADELPHIA

A U.S. Navy diver from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2 enters a flooded ballast tank aboard the ex-USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43) during an afloat salvage training dive in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Nov. 18, 2024. MDSU 2 and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 6 are training as an integrated team during a simulated afloat salvage exercise encompassing battle damage, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and long-range communication aboard the ex-USS Fort McHenry. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Jackson Adkins) Share

PHILADELPHIA

U.S. Navy divers from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2 conduct simulated anti-terrorism force protection (ATFP) dives off the side of the ex-USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43) in the NAVSEA Inactive Ships Maintenance Yard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Nov. 18, 2024. MDSU 2 and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 6 are training as an integrated team during a simulated afloat salvage exercise encompassing battle damage, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and long-range communication aboard the ex-USS Fort McHenry. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Jackson Adkins) Share

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C.

Workers on the Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) F-35 Lightning II aircraft modification line confer with the pilot prior to conducting a functional check flight inspection on an F-35B at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. This aircraft is the 150th fifth-generation fighter inducted by the depot. FRCE is the lead site for depot-level maintenance on the F-35B Lightning II and has conducted modifications and repair on the Marine Corps’ short takeoff-vertical landing variant of the aircraft since 2013. FRCE also works with the F-35A (conventional takeoff and landing) and F-35C (carrier) variants. (Photo by Joe Andes, Fleet Readiness Center East Public Affairs.) Share