U.S. Navy Cryptological Technician (Collection) 3rd Class Gustaf Gonzalez, left, and U.S. Navy Cryptological Technician (Technical) Seaman Gabriel Trombino, both assigned to Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4), remove a chaff round from the ship’s chaff launcher, May 17, 2026. Boxer, flagship of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, is underway with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners to preserve a free and open Indo-Pacific (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Eliora Sims)
