PHILIPPINE SEA (March 20, 2023) The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) receives a vertical replenishment (VERTREP) from a Super Puma helicopter attached to the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE 11) as the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur (DDG 73) approaches Chambers. Decatur, part of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, is in U.S. 7th Fleet conducting routine operations. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class David Negron)