U.S. Navy Sailors participate in small boat operations aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) in the South China Sea, May 5, 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 video by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Victoria Armstrong)
| Date Taken: | 05.05.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 05.14.2026 21:59 |
| Category: | B-Roll |
| Video ID: | 1006956 |
| VIRIN: | 260505-N-PV534-1001 |
| Filename: | DOD_111704975 |
| Length: | 00:00:43 |
| Location: | SOUTH CHINA SEA |
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