230206-N-MK109-1124 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Feb. 6, 2023) Navy Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Mark Gaupo, from Virginia Beach, Va., pipes a whistle over the 1MC aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108). Wayne E. Meyer, 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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