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File photo of USS Stethem -- Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem (DDG 63) salute the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) as Stethem departs from Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Feb. 24, 2017. Stethem is forward deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.