170327-N-FT178-011 7TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (March 27, 2017) Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) transits the ocean as Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) completes a replenishment-at-sea with dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10). Lake Champlain 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 the 3rd Fleet in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Navy aircraft carrier strik

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170327-N-FT178-011 7TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (March 27, 2017) Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) transits the ocean as Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) completes a replenishment-at-sea with dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10). Lake Champlain 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 the 3rd Fleet in 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 2nd Class Nathan K. Serpico/Released)

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