PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 29, 2021) Navy Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class Brandon Wattenbarger, from Kansas City, Mo., fires a shot line from the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John Finn (DDG 113) to the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10) during a replenishment-at-sea Jan. 29, 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


PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 29, 2021) Navy Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class Brandon Wattenbarger, from Kansas City, Mo., fires a shot line from the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John Finn (DDG 113) to the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10) during a replenishment-at-sea Jan. 29, 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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