PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 10, 2023) Sailors play spades on the mess decks aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104), Nov. 10, 2023. Sterett, part of Carrier Strike Group 1, is underway conducting routine operations in 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 1st Class Charles J. Scudella III)