210222-N-GR847-0001 YOKOSUKA, Japan (February 22, 2021) Commander, 7th Fleet Vice Adm. Bill Merz salutes Adm. Hiroshi Yamamura, Chief of Staff, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, as he arrives aboard the 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19). As the Navy's largest forward-deployed fleet, 7th Fleet employs 50-70 ships and submarines across the Western Pacific and Indian oceans. 7th Fleet routinely operates and interacts with 35 maritime nations while conducting missions to preserve and protect a free and open Indo-Pacific Region.

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