221222-N-FJ237-1078 PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 22, 2022) Navy Sailors prepare to crew swap an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter from the “Battlecats” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 73 during a vertical replenishment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is in 7th fleet conducting routine operations. 7th Fleet is the Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with 35 maritime nations in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Emma Burgess)

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