IN THE NAVY 4.20.2024

PHILIPPINE SEA. The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) launches a standard missile 2 (SM-2) from the forward VHL while operating in the Philippine Sea, April 5. Higgins is forward deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the NavyÕs largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th fleetÕs principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Hannah Fry)
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) is moved to an outfitting berth in Newport News, Virginia, April 8, 2024. John C. Stennis is in Newport News Shipbuilding conducting refueling and complex overhaul to prepare the ship for the second half of its 50-year service life. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Simon Pike)
PHILIPPINE SEA. An F/A-18E Super Hornet from the ÒFlying CheckmatesÓ of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 211 launches from the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), April 9, 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. NavyÕs 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)

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