EAST CHINA SEA (Jan. 16, 2024) Fire Controlman 2nd Class Romit Basnet, left, from Gaithersburg, Maryland, assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault carrier USS America (LHA 6), conducts a missile upload evolution on the ship’s missile deck while sailing in the East China Sea, January 16. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, is operating in the 7th Fleet area of 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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