ARABIAN SEA (Nov. 18, 2020) Quartermaster Seaman Marissa Speary, from Winnabow, N.C., tracks the ship's log on the bridge of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during Malabar 2020 in the north Arabian Sea. Malabar 2020 is the latest in a continuing series of exercises that has grown in scope and complexity over the years to address the variety of shared threats to maritime security in the Indo-Asia Pacific where the U.S. Navy has patrolled for more than 70 years promoting regional peace and security. The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is currently deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Elliot Schaudt)