1 SOUTH CHINA SEA (June 6, 2017) Commanding Officer of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104), Cmdr. Claudine Caluori, boards a rigid-hull inflatable boat bound for French navy frigate FS Prairial (FS 731) as the ships transit the South China Sea. Sterett is part of the Sterett-Dewey Surface Action Group and is the third deploying group operating under the command and control construct called 3rd Fleet Forward. 3rd Fleet operating forward offers additional options to the Pacific Fleet commander by leveraging the capabilities of 3rd and 7th Fleets.

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