221229-N-FJ237-1086 PHILIPPINE SEA (Dec. 29, 2022) Navy Hull Maintenance Technician Fireman Xavier Haynes, from McComb, Miss., welds a single pass bead onto carbon steel in the machinery repair shop aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is in 7th fleet conducting routine operations. 7th Fleet is the Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with 35 maritime nations in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Emma Burgess)

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