170130-N-RM689-225 PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 30, 2017) Sailors practice attaching pallets to an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter attached to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 78 in preparation for a future vertical replenishment-at-sea on the flight deck of 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

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170130-N-RM689-225 PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 30, 2017) Sailors practice attaching pallets to an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter attached to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 78 in preparation for a future vertical replenishment-at-sea on the flight deck of 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. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kelsey L. Adams/Released)

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