Huntington Beach native cuts stoppers from a highline aboard USS Nimitz deployed in Philippine Sea

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U.S. Navy Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Travis Zenk, from Huntington Beach, Calif. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Caylen McCutcheon)

U.S. Navy Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Travis Zenk, from Huntington Beach, Calif., cuts stoppers from a highline in the hangar bay aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during a replenishment-at-sea.

Nimitz is in 7th Fleet conducting routine operations.

7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with 35 maritime nations in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region.