BUSAN, Republic of Korea (March 15, 2017) Rear Adm. Jim Kilby, commander, Carrier Strike Group 1, right, and Capt. Douglas Verissimo, commanding officer, USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), receive wreaths during a welcoming ceremony after aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) moored at Republic of Korea Navy Base in Busan. The Carl Vinson Strike Group is on a regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployment as part of the Pacific Fleet-led initiative to extend the command and control functions of 3rd Fleet. Navy aircr

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BUSAN, Republic of Korea (March 15, 2017) Rear Adm. Jim Kilby, commander, Carrier Strike Group 1, right, and Capt. Douglas Verissimo, commanding officer, USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), receive wreaths during a welcoming ceremony after aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) moored at Republic of Korea Navy Base in Busan. The Carl Vinson Strike Group is on a regularly 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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