PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 9, 2017) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 2nd Class Mark Thornton, the on-scene leader, talks with the firefighting team during a general quarters drill aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group will report to 3rd Fleet, headquartered in San Diego, while deployed in the western Pacific as part of the Pacific Fleet-led initiative to extend the command and control functions of 3rd Fleet into the region.


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