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U.S. Navy Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Gerald Hammer, from Tennessee, signals to an MH-60S 60S Seahawk helicopter attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC 21) during flight quarters aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) in the Philippine Sea, April 24, 2026. Fitzgerald is forward-deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. U.S. 7th Fleet, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Angelo Gonzalez)
| Date Taken: | 04.24.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 05.11.2026 07:51 |
| Photo ID: | 9675169 |
| VIRIN: | 260424-N-RP947-1950 |
| Resolution: | 4775x3183 |
| Size: | 2.36 MB |
| Location: | PHILIPPINE SEA |
| Web Views: | 6 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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