PACIFIC OCEAN (April 19, 2021) Seaman Octavius Minson, from Atlanta, left, and Seaman Steven Eckert, from Aiken, S.C., hand sand a capstan aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), April 19, 2021. 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 Seaman Apprentice Juan J. Ruiz-Lazcano)