and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

U.S. Navy Seaman Juan Desousaperez, from Miami, handles line aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) during a replenishment-at-sea with the Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO 199). Bunker Hill, part of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, is in U.S. 7th fleet conducting routine operations. […]