170308-N-RM689-598 EAST CHINA SEA (March 8, 2017) Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) sails into position to conduct a flag hoisting exercise with Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer JS Sazanami (DD 113) and JS Samidare (106). 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 ai

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170308-N-RM689-598 EAST CHINA SEA (March 8, 2017) Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) sails into position to conduct a flag hoisting exercise with Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer JS Sazanami (DD 113) and JS Samidare (106). 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. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kelsey L. Adams/Released)

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