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The tankers Stena Immaculate and Stena Imperative, which have been reflagged as US registered vessels with US crews. (Courtesy of Crowley Maritime)

A Navy EA-18G aircraft takes off at Nellis Air Force Base on November 21, 2022. (US Air Force photo by William R. Lewis)

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) steams in formation during a multiple large deck event in the Pacific Ocean on June 8, 2023. (US Navy photo)

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The Threat Systems Management Office push a swarm of 40 drones through the National Training Center on May 8, 2019, in Fort Irwin, California. (James Newsome via DVIDS)

Sailors prepare an F/A-18E Super Hornet for launch from the flight deck aboard the US Navy’s USS Ronald Reagan in the Philippine Sea on August 11, 2023. (Caroline H. Lui via DVIDS)

A Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vessel and the guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) operate in the Arabian Gulf on January 8, 2023. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jeremy R. Boan)

The US Navy ballistic missile submarine Tennessee and a British Royal Navy nuclear submarine conduct bilateral training. (Aaron Abbott via US Navy)

Vice Adm. Lisa Franchetti, center foreground, is the Biden administration's nominee for chief of naval operations. (MCC America A. Henry via US Navy)

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