The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52), front, approaches the Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS Guadalupe (T-AO 200) for a replenishment-at-sea April 7, 2021

 

USNS Guadalupe (T-AO 200)

SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 7, 2021) . Bunker Hill, 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 2nd Class Brandie Nuzzi)