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PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb 28, 2021) – U.S. Navy Airman Alexis Neff, from Jacksonville, Fla., directs the pilot of a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) MH-60 Sea Hawk to take off from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Feb. 28, 2021. 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 Region.