230217-N-SN516-1100 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Feb. 17, 2023) Navy Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Alex Arroyo, from Phoenix, practices hand signals during flight operations training aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur (DDG 73). Decatur, part of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, is in 7th Fleet conducting routine operations. 7th Fleet is the Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with Allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

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