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PHILIPPINE SEA—U.S. Navy Aviation Support Equipment Technician 1st Class Daniel Lopez Montoya, from Apple Valley, Calif., relays a message during a general quarters drill on the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is in 7th Fleet conducting routine operations. 7th Fleet is the U.S. 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.
