YOKOSUKA, Japan (Sept. 7, 2011) – From left, Adm. Patrick M. Walsh, Vice Adm. Scott R. Van Buskirk and Vice Adm. Scott H. Swift bow their heads during the benediction at the U.S. 7th Fleet change of command ceremony held on the flight deck aboard the command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19). Vice Adm. Scott H. Swift relieved Vice Adm. Scott R. Van Buskirk as commander of U.S. 7th Fleet, the Navy’s largest numbered fleet covering 48 million square miles of the Pacific and Indian Ocean, from the International Date Line to the waters east of Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kenneth R. Hendrix)