PACIFIC OCEAN (March 3, 2021) Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Bryan Ocasiosantiago, from Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, reloads an M9 pistol during a small-arms qualification on the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Russell (DDG 59), March 3, 2021. Russell, part of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, is on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. As the U.S. Navy�s largest forward-deployed fleet, 7th Fleet routinely operates and interacts with 35 maritime nations while conducting missions to preserve and protect a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Wade Costin)