YELLOW SEA (Sept. 14, 2023) Aviation Boatswain's Mate Airman Parker McLean, from Spokane, Washington, assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), directs a Republic of Korea AW159 Wildcat helicopter from the Daegu-class frigate ROKS Seoul (FFG 821) to take off of America's flight deck while underway in the Yellow Sea, Sept. 14, 2023. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of 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 2nd Class Thomas B. Contant)