170331-N-FT178-003 SOUTH CHINA SEA (March 31, 2017) Chief Boatswain’s Mate Steven Snow, from Indio, California, left, observes Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Zach Idrogo, from Tulelake, California, place chocks and chains on an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to the “Blue Hawks” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 78, on the flight deck of Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57). Lake Champlain 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

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170331-N-FT178-003 SOUTH CHINA SEA (March 31, 2017) Chief Boatswain’s Mate Steven Snow, from Indio, California, left, observes Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Zach Idrogo, from Tulelake, California, place chocks and chains on an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to the “Blue Hawks” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 78, on the flight deck of Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57). Lake Champlain 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 the 3rd Fleet in 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 2nd Class Nathan K. Serpico/Released)

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