NAVAL STATION EVERETT, Wash.

Friends and family welcome the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) home from deployment at Naval Station Everett, Washington, Oct. 31, 2024. Share

NAVAL STATION EVERETT, Wash.

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) arrives at Naval Station Everett, Washington, from deployment Oct. 31, 2024. Share

EVERETT, Wash.

EVERETT, WA (October 31, 2024) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56), is greeted after arriving home from deployment at Naval Station Everett, Washington, October 31, 2024. Share

EVERETT, Wash.

EVERETT, WA (October 31, 2024) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56), is greeted after arriving home from deployment at Naval Station Everett, Washington, October 31, 2024. Share

PHILIPPINE SEA

The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70), right, sails with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Towada-class replenishment ship JS Hamana (AOE 424) and Mogami-class frigate JS Mikuma (FFM 4) in the Philippine Sea during exercise Keen Sword 25, Oct. 28, 2024. Keen Sword is a biennial, joint and bilateral field-training exercise involving U.S. military and Japan Self-Defense Forces personnel, designed to increase readiness and interoperability while strengthening the ironclad U.S.-Japan alliance. (U.S. Navy photo by Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Samantha Rosales) Share

U.S. 7TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY

An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to the Dambusters of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 195, takes off from the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) while underway in the Pacific Ocean, Oct. 28, 2024. George Washington is 7th Fleet’s premier forward-deployed aircraft carrier, a long-standing symbol of the United States’ commitment to maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific region, while operating alongside Allies and partners across the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class August Clawson) Share

U.S. 7TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY

An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to the Diamondbacks of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 102, takes off from the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) while underway in the Pacific Ocean, Oct. 28, 2024. George Washington is 7th Fleet’s premier forward-deployed aircraft carrier, a long-standing symbol of the United States’ commitment to maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific region, while operating alongside Allies and partners across the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class August Clawson) Share

STRAIT OF MALACCA

Dewey (DDG 105) arrives in Lumut, Malaysia, Oct. 28, 2024. Dewey is forward-deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Greg Johnson) Share

Guam

APRA HARBOR, Guam (Oct. 30, 2024) — Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) arrived in Guam for a scheduled port visit, Oct, 30. Boxer and embarked elements of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit are conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. The U.S. 7th Fleet, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, routinely interacts with allies and partners to preserve a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy Photos by William J. Busby III) Share

PHILIPPINE SEA

PHILIPPINE SEA (Oct. 25, 2024) – The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Asahi-class destroyer JS Asahi (DD 119) approaches the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Carl Brashear (T-AKE 7) to conduct a refueling-at-sea during Keen Sword 25, Oct. 25, 2024. Keen Sword is a biennial, joint and bilateral field-training exercise involving U.S. military and Japan Self-Defense Forces personnel, designed to increase readiness and interoperability while strengthening the ironclad U.S.-Japan alliance. (Courtesy Photo) Share

SOUTH CHINA SEA

241028-N-ZV473-1001 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Oct. 28, 2024) Independence-variant littoral combat ships USS Savannah (LCS 28) and USS Omaha (LCS 12) transit the South China Sea during routine operations, Oct. 28, 2024. USINDOPACOM forces perform operations in and around critical sea passages and trade thoroughfares to deter threats that create regional instability and impinge on the free flow of goods, people and ideas. (U.S. Navy photo by Naval Air Crewman (Helicopter) 2nd Class Anthony Kawaguchi) Share

TOKYO

Adm. Steve Koehler, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, left, meets with Adm. Akira Saito, chief of the maritime staff, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, in Tokyo, Oct. 21, 2024. The visit to Japan underscored the United States’ commitment to an Indo-Pacific that is free and open, connected, prosperous, secure, and resilient. (Photo Courtesy of U.S. Navy) Share