PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 13, 2017) Sailors lower a rigid hull inflatable boat from Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) in preparation for a swim call in the waters above the Marianas Trench. 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


PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 13, 2017) Sailors lower a rigid hull inflatable boat from Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) in preparation for a swim call in the waters above the Marianas Trench. 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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