SOUTH CHINA SEA. Aviation Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class Tyric Reggie, a native of St. John, Virginia, performs maintenance on an F/A-18 jet engine in the jet shop aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Vinson, flagship of Carrier Strike Group ONE, is deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Isaiah Goessl)SOUTH CHINA SEA. Sailors wash an F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to the “Golden Dragons” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 192, on the flight deck aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Vinson, flagship of Carrier Strike Group ONE, is deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Isaiah Goessl)SOUTH CHINA SEA. Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Kenny Morales, from Miami, Florida, signals to lower pallets aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70) during a replenishment-at-sea Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10). Hopper is assigned to Carrier Strike Group ONE and deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Leon Vonguyen)SOUTH CHINA SEA. Gunner’s Mate 1st Class Wilson Crater, from Nashville, Tennessee, fires an M4 carbine rifle during a gun-shoot qualification aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104). Sterett is assigned to Carrier Strike Group ONE and deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Charles J. Scudella III)