SOUTH CHINA SEA (May 12, 2024) U.S. Navy Damage Controlman Fireman Kaitlyn Cortina, from Mission, Texas, takes damage control sound and security readings aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), May 12, 2024. Theodore Roosevelt, flagship of Carrier Strike Group Nine, 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 3rd Class Ikia Walker)