USS Theodore Roosevelt Transits the Luzon Strait

240229-N-BR246-1027 LUZON STRAIT (Feb. 29, 2024) U.S. Sailors move an E-2D Hawkeye, attached to the “Liberty Bells” of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 115, aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), Feb. 29, 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 Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Aaron Haro Gonzalez)