7TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (March 27, 2017) An MH-60S Sea Hawk from the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 4 “Black Knights” performs a vertical replenishment-at-sea with the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and the Military Sealift Command (MSC) dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10). 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-P
7TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (March 27, 2017) An MH-60S Sea Hawk from the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 4 “Black Knights” performs a vertical replenishment-at-sea with the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and the Military Sealift Command (MSC) dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10). 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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