SOUTH CHINA SEA (March 17, 2017) Cmdr. Robert A. Heely, commanding officer of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112), shakes hands with Captain Masashi Kondo, Commodore of Escort Division 6 of Japan Maritime Self Defense Force, aboard Akizuki-class destroyer JS Teruzuki (DD 116). Michael Murphy 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. Navy aircraft carrier strike groups have patrolled the

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SOUTH CHINA SEA (March 17, 2017) Cmdr. Robert A. Heely, commanding officer of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112), shakes hands with Captain Masashi Kondo, Commodore of Escort Division 6 of Japan Maritime Self Defense Force, aboard Akizuki-class destroyer JS Teruzuki (DD 116). Michael Murphy 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. Navy aircraft carrier strike groups have patrolled the Indo-Asia-Pacific regularly and routinely for more than 70 years.

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