CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (March 19, 2019) Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Russell Smith speaks to Command Master Chief Ken Robertson, command master chief of Expeditionary Strike Group 3. Smith and Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. John Richardson visited Sailors and Marines participating in Pacific Blitz 2019. Pacific Blitz provides relevant training that replicates a realistic maritime threat environment designed to improve naval amphibious core competencies necessary for effective, global crisis response expected of the Navy and Marine Corps.

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