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INDIAN OCEAN (March 12, 2021) An F/A-18 Super Hornet flies above the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Russell (DDG 59) during a surface target exercise March 12, 2021. Russell, part of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, is on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. As the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed fleet, 7th Fleet routinely operates and interacts with 35 maritime nations while conducting missions to preserve and protect a free and open Indo-Pacific.