PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 29, 2024) U.S. Navy Aviation Electronics Technician 3rd Class Marques Kearson, from Hartford, Connecticut, directs an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, attached to the “Wolfpack” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 75, on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), Sept. 29, 2024. Theodore Roosevelt, flagship of Carrier Strike Group 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 Ryan Holloway)