SOUTH CHINA SEA (March 29, 2024) Aviation Ordnanceman Jaylin Thomas, from Palm Beach, Fla., checks fuel samples from an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the "Wolf Pack: of (HSM) 75 aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), March 29, 2024. Theodore Roosevelt, flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG 9), is underway conducting routine operations 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 Seaman Apprentice Aaron Haro Gonzalez)