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PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 28, 2021) The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) destroyer JDS Hatakaze (TV 3520), front, Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52), center, JMSDF Hatsuyuki-class destroyer JDS Setoyuki (TV 3518), left, and JMSDF Asagiri-class destroyer JDS Yugiri (DD 153) transit the Pacific Ocean, Feb. 28, 2021. Bunker Hill, part of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, is on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. As the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed fleet, 7th Fleet routinely operates and interacts with 35 maritime nations while conducting missions to preserve and protect a free and open Indo-Pacific Region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Erik Melgar)
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