PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 30, 2021) Navy Chief Boatswain’s Mate Terrence Phillips, from Houston, mans the helicopter control station aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John Finn (DDG 113) as an MH-60R Sea Hawk, assigned to the “Magicians” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 35, approaches the ship’s flight deck Jan. 30, 2021. John Finn, part of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, is on a scheduled deployment to the 7th Fleet area of operations. As the Navy’s largest forward deployed fleet, with its approximate 50-70 ships and submarines, 140
PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 30, 2021) Navy Chief Boatswain’s Mate Terrence Phillips, from Houston, mans the helicopter control station aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John Finn (DDG 113) as an MH-60R Sea Hawk, assigned to the “Magicians” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 35, approaches the ship’s flight deck Jan. 30, 2021. John Finn, part of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, is on a scheduled deployment to the 7th Fleet area of operations. As the Navy’s largest forward deployed fleet, with its approximate 50-70 ships and submarines, 140 aircraft, and 20,000 Sailors in the area of operations at any given time, 7th Fleet conducts forward-deployed naval operations in support of national interests throughout a free and open Indo-Pacific area of operations to foster maritime security, promote stability, and prevent conflict alongside 35 other maritime nations and partners.
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