PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 9, 2021) Navy Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Shannon Hagen, from Grand Rapids, Mich., left, and Seaman Jeremy Sampson, from Houston, raise a cargo leg to attach to an MH-60R Sea Hawk, assigned to the “Magicians” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 35, on the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John Finn (DDG 113) Jan. 9, 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


PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 9, 2021) Navy Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Shannon Hagen, from Grand Rapids, Mich., left, and Seaman Jeremy Sampson, from Houston, raise a cargo leg to attach to an MH-60R Sea Hawk, assigned to the “Magicians” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 35, on the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John Finn (DDG 113) Jan. 9, 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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