170130-N-RM689-531 PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 30, 2017) Aviation Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class Robert Davis (left), from Kansas City, Kansas, keeps an eye on the hook attached to an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter attached to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 78 while Aviation Ordnanceman 1st Class Nick Gravesande, from Tecate, Mexico, guides him out from under the helicopter during a practice exercise for a future vertical replenishment-at-sea on the flight deck of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108). Wayne E. Meyer is on a regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployme


170130-N-RM689-531 PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 30, 2017) Aviation Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class Robert Davis (left), from Kansas City, Kansas, keeps an eye on the hook attached to an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter attached to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 78 while Aviation Ordnanceman 1st Class Nick Gravesande, from Tecate, Mexico, guides him out from under the helicopter during a practice exercise for a future vertical replenishment-at-sea on the flight deck of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108). Wayne E. Meyer is on a regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployment with the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group as part of the Pacific Fleet-led initiative to extend the command and control functions of 3rd Fleet into the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Navy aircraft carrier strike groups have patrolled the Indo-Asia-Pacific regularly and routinely for more than 70 years. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kelsey L. Adams/Released)


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