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ARABIAN SEA (Nov. 17, 2020) Boatswain�s Mate Seaman Elijah Parra, from Anchorage, Alaska, clears the rotor arc of an Royal Australian navy MH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter after removing chocks and chains in the North Arabian Sea during a cross-deck landing exercise on the flight deck of the guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) as part of Malabar 2020. Malabar 2020 is the latest in a continuing series of exercises that has grown in scope and complexity over the years to address the variety of shared threats to maritime security in the Indo-Pacific where the U.S. Navy has patrolled for more than 70 years promoting regional peace and security. Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is currently deployed to the 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Logan C. Kellums)