PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 29, 2016) Navy Sailors and Coast Guard Pacific Law Enforcement Detachment Team personnel approach a Chinese fishing vessel on a Rigid-Hull Inflatable Boat during a Oceania Maritime Security Initiative (OMSI) mission with Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102). Sampson reports to Third Fleet, headquartered in San Diego, while deployed to the Western Pacific as part of the Pacific Fleet-led initiative to extend the command and control functions of Third Fleet into the region.

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