04/07/2021 USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)

Credit: Petty Officer 3rd Class Dartanon Delagarza | Date Taken: 04/07/2021
SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 7, 2021) – U.S. Sailors engage in flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) April 7, 2021. The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. As the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed fleet, 7th Fleet routinely operates and interacts with 35 maritime nations while conducting missions to preserve and protect a free and open Indo-Pacific Region. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Dartanon D. Delagarza)