PHILIPPINE SEA (Oct. 6, 2023) Logistics Specialist 3rd Class Jhmel Trammell fires a .50-caliber machine gun on the fo'scle during a crew-served weapons shoot aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Robert Smalls (CG 62) in the Philippine Sea, Oct. 6, 2023. Robert Smalls is forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet, 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 RuKiyah Mack).