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Vice Adm. Robert L. Thomas Jr., right, salutes after taking command of the U.S. 7th Fleet alongside departing U.S. 7th Fleet commander Vice Adm. Scott H. Swift during a change of command ceremony aboard the U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) in Cairns, Australia. With Thomas and Swift are U.S. Ambassador to Australia Jeffrey Bleich and Capt. John Shimotsu, U.S. 7th Fleet Chaplain. Blue Ridge and embarked U.S. 7th Fleet staff are on patrol operating forward, building maritime partnerships and conducting security and stability operations. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joshua Karsten (Released) 130731-N-GR655-387


The guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun (DDG 103) fires its MK 45 5-inch lightweight gun. Truxtun is part of the George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group and is conducting training operations in the Atlantic Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tony D. Curtis (Released) 130730-N-YZ751-261


An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28 transports supplies as the amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) approaches the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Patuxent (T-AO 201), not pictured, to conduct a replenishment-at-sea. Carter Hall is deployed as part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (26th MEU), is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperations efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Lacordrick Wilson (Released) 130730-N-WX580-060


Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Emily Blonski, from Neptune, N.J., assigned to the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), washes the hull of a carapantia light ship during a community service project at the Brisbane Maritime Museum. George Washington and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, provide a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interest of the U.S. and its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Liam Kennedy (Released) 130731-N-BD107-049


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