SOUTH CHINA SEA (Feb. 18, 2017) Seaman Matthew Schiantarelli (right), from Nutley, New Jersey, signals Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO 199) as Chief Boatswain’s Mate Jonathon Howton, from Germantown, Maryland, acts as a safety observer during a replenishment-at-sea 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 the command and control functions of
SOUTH CHINA SEA (Feb. 18, 2017) Seaman Matthew Schiantarelli (right), from Nutley, New Jersey, signals Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO 199) as Chief Boatswain’s Mate Jonathon Howton, from Germantown, Maryland, acts as a safety observer during a replenishment-at-sea 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 the command and control functions of 3rd Fleet into the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Navy aircraft carrier strike groups have patrolled the Indo-Asia-Pacific regularly and routinely for more than 70 years.
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