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Navy Lt. William Wilkinson from Rockland County leads a damage control team during a firefighting drill aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52), which is part of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group in 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.