170409-N-RM689-775 SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 9, 2017) Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Ronald Jay Juego (left), from San Diego, signals to an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, attached to Helicopter Maritime Strike (HSM) 78, to approach the flight deck as Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Marcus Hodges, from Hartford, Connecticut, holds him steady during flight operations aboard 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


170409-N-RM689-775 SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 9, 2017) Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Ronald Jay Juego (left), from San Diego, signals to an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, attached to Helicopter Maritime Strike (HSM) 78, to approach the flight deck as Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Marcus Hodges, from Hartford, Connecticut, holds him steady during flight operations aboard 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 3rd Fleet command and control functions into the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Navy aircraft carrier strike groups have routinely patrolled the Indo-Asia-Pacific for more than 70 years. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kelsey L. Adams/Released)


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