EAST CHINA SEA (April 6, 2023) Seaman Armonte Allen, left, from Montgomery, Ala., and Seaman Nolan Yates, from Honeye Falls, N.Y., rig the span wire during an underway replenishment aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108). Wayne E. Meyer, part of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, is in U.S. 7th Fleet conducting routine operations. U.S. 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 3rd Class Mykala Keckeisen)