SOUTH CHINA SEA (May 1, 2023) Seaman Troy Ainsworth, from Brooklyn, N. Y., handles line aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) during an underway replenishment with the Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS Guadalupe (T-AO 200). Wayne E. Meyer, 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 3rd Class Mykala Keckeisen)