170308-N-BL637-044 EAST CHINA SEA (March 8, 2017) Seaman Jads Orario, of Houston, stands the aft lookout watch on the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), while the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Murasame-class destroyer JS Samidare (DD 106) steams alongside. The Carl Vinson Carrier 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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170308-N-BL637-044 EAST CHINA SEA (March 8, 2017) Seaman Jads Orario, of Houston, stands the aft lookout watch on the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), while the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Murasame-class destroyer JS Samidare (DD 106) steams alongside. The Carl Vinson Carrier 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. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sean M. Castellano/Released)

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