PHILIPPINE SEA (Oct. 23, 2023) Sailors remove sonar buoys from an MH-60R Sea Hawk from the "Saberhawks" of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 77 during flight quarters aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Robert Smalls (CG 62) in the Philippine Sea, Oct. 23, 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)