SOUTH CHINA SEA (Feb. 13, 2021) U.S. Navy Logistics

SOUTH CHINA SEA (Feb. 13, 2021) U.S. Navy Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Jason Aguirre, from San Diego, right, fires an M2HB .50 caliber machine gun from the fo’c’sle of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John Finn (DDG 113) during a live-fire exercise Feb. 13, 2021. John Finn, part of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, is on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. As the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed fleet, 7th Fleet routinely operates and interacts with 35 maritime nations while conducting missions to preserve and protect a free and open Indo-Pacific Region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jason Waite)