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U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), center, Philippine Coast Guard Boracay-class patrol boat BRP Boracay (FPB-2401), left, and U.S. Navy Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48), right, participate in a group sail during a multilateral exercise with the Armed Forces of the Philippines and Royal Australian Navy in the Sulu Sea, April 13, 2026. U.S. 7th Fleet, the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Charles Oki)