230201-N-XX566-1085 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Feb. 1, 2023) Navy Sailors assigned the “Battlecats” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 73 perform a rig check for the flight controls on an MH-60R Sea Hawk aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93). Chung-Hoon, 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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