SOUTH CHINA SEA (March 17, 2017) The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Akizuki-class destroyer JS Teruzuki (DD 116) conducts a passing exercise with the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112). Michael Murphy is on a 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. Navy aircraft carrier strike groups have patrolled the Indo-Asia-Pacific regularly and routinely for more than 70 years. Navy

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