SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 19, 2024) Aviation Electronics Technician 2nd Class Jared Paterson, left, from Cameron Park, Calif., and Aviation Electronics Technician Airman Landon Jaime, from Joliet, Ill., conduct maintenance on an E2-D Hawkeye from the "Liberty Bells" of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 115 aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), April 19, 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)