SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 11, 2017) Sailors conduct stretcher bearer training in the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) forecastle. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled western Pacific deployment 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.

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