170125-N-FT178-033 PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 25, 2017) Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class Ernest Hamlin, from Nacogdoches, Texas, right, and Gunner’s Mate Seaman Dylan Weisert, from Blackduck, Minnesota, check the feeder of a .25mm machine gun on the aft missile deck of Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) during routine maintenance. 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-Pacifi


170125-N-FT178-033 PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 25, 2017) Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class Ernest Hamlin, from Nacogdoches, Texas, right, and Gunner’s Mate Seaman Dylan Weisert, from Blackduck, Minnesota, check the feeder of a .25mm machine gun on the aft missile deck of Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) during routine maintenance. 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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