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U.S. Navy Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Jessica Howard, left, from Georgia, braces Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Justice House, from Montana, while she gives hands signals to an H225 Super Puma helicopter as it prepares to land on the flight deck aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) during flight operations while underway in the Indian Ocean, Aug. 11, 2026. Mustin is forward-deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. U.S. 7th Fleet, the 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 2nd Class Timothy Dimal)