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Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Monyette Spates, assigned to Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4), tests boiler water for safe use in the ship’s oil testing lab, April 27, 2026. Boxer, flagship of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, is underway with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners to preserve a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Sailor O’Rear)