250215-N-OK605-051 YOKOSUKA, Japan -- Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet Vice Adm. Robert Thomas congratulates members of the engineering department aboard U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge for their efforts in successfully completing a "light off." Blue Ridge conducted a 'light off' of its boilers, providing steam to power the steam plant, in order to resume patrols of the 7th Fleet area of operations.