ZHANJIANG, China (June 13, 2017) Machinist’s Mast 1st Class Adam Ballard, a Jackson, Tennessee native assigned to Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104), plays billiards with People’s Liberation Army (Navy) (PLAN) sailors in Zhanjiang, China during the ship’s scheduled port visit. Sterett is part of the Sterett-Dewey Surface Action Group and is the third deploying group operating under the command and control construct called 3rd Fleet Forward. 3rd Fleet operating forward offers additional options to the Pacific Fleet commander by leveraging the capabilities of


ZHANJIANG, China (June 13, 2017) Machinist’s Mast 1st Class Adam Ballard, a Jackson, Tennessee native assigned to Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104), plays billiards with People’s Liberation Army (Navy) (PLAN) sailors in Zhanjiang, China during the ship’s scheduled port visit. Sterett is part of the Sterett-Dewey Surface Action Group and is the third deploying group operating under the command and control construct called 3rd Fleet Forward. 3rd Fleet operating forward offers additional options to the Pacific Fleet commander by leveraging the capabilities of 3rd and 7th Fleets.


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