WEBVTT 00:03.269 --> 00:05.480 The US Pacific Fleet's area of 00:05.480 --> 00:09.319 operations is unlike any other . It 00:09.319 --> 00:11.486 stretches from the world's busiest sea 00:11.486 --> 00:13.699 lanes to its most remote regions . 00:15.779 --> 00:17.668 From all of our home ports in the 00:17.668 --> 00:19.557 eastern Pacific , where readiness 00:19.557 --> 00:21.890 begins and the fleet prepares to deploy . 00:23.209 --> 00:25.320 To our forward deployed forces in the 00:25.320 --> 00:28.290 Western Pacific . Relentlessly ready to 00:28.290 --> 00:31.260 carry out any challenge . From the 00:31.260 --> 00:33.371 Indian Ocean behind me in Sri Lanka , 00:33.540 --> 00:35.429 where our partnerships strengthen 00:35.429 --> 00:37.151 deterrence for a free and open 00:37.151 --> 00:40.779 Indo-Pacific . In the Arctic , where 00:40.779 --> 00:42.890 our access and awareness and presence 00:42.890 --> 00:46.580 matter more than ever . To Antarctica , 00:47.040 --> 00:49.207 where tough conditions test the limits 00:49.207 --> 00:52.470 of endurance and capability . Our 00:52.470 --> 00:54.414 operations span more than half the 00:54.414 --> 00:56.759 globe , and our mission is clear to 00:56.759 --> 00:59.139 provide capable , credible , and 00:59.139 --> 01:01.439 combat-ready sea power that defends the 01:01.439 --> 01:04.080 homeland , deters aggression , assures 01:04.080 --> 01:06.400 allies and partners , and preserves a 01:06.400 --> 01:08.970 free and open Pacific . Wherever our 01:08.970 --> 01:11.449 mission takes us , the US Pacific Fleet 01:11.449 --> 01:13.639 delivers peace through strength and 01:13.639 --> 01:16.059 combat readiness at all times .