INDIAN OCEAN (March 24, 2021) Boatswain's Mate Seaman Juan Silva, from Defiance, Ohio, signals the pilots of an MH-60S Sea Hawk, assigned to the "Eightballers" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 8, from the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Russell (DDG 59), March 24, 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 Region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Wade Costin)