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Photo Focus: Serving Her Country in the South China Sea

Quartermaster Seaman Sh'neah Johnlewis, from St. Croix, raises pennants aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz on Wednesday in the South China Sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Caitlin Flynn)
Quartermaster Seaman Sh’neah Johnlewis, from St. Croix, raises pennants aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz on Wednesday in the South China Sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Caitlin Flynn)

Quartermaster Seaman Sh’neah Johnlewis, of St. Croix, is stationed aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz while serving with the U.S. Navy in the South China Sea.

Nimitz Carrier Strike Group and Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, with embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, are conducting combined expeditionary strike force operations, demonstrating unique high-end war fighting capability, maritime superiority, power projection and readiness, according to Navy’s media outreach department.

Operations include integrated training designed to advance interoperability between the two groups while simultaneously demonstrating the U.S. commitment to our alliances and partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region, it said.

Nimitz is in the U.S. 7th Fleet, conducting routine operations. The 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region, the department said.

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