EAST CHINA SEA (March 9, 2017) The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), center right, transits the East China Sea with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Murasame-class destroyer JS Samidare (DD 106), right, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Takanami-class destroyer JS Sazanami (DD 113), left, and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108). 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.
EAST CHINA SEA (March 9, 2017) The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), center right, transits the East China Sea with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Murasame-class destroyer JS Samidare (DD 106), right, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Takanami-class destroyer JS Sazanami (DD 113), left, and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108). 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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