170308-N-BL637-050 EAST CHINA SEA (March 8, 2017) The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Murasame-class destroyer JS Samidare (DD 106), left, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108), center, and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Takanami-class destroyer JS Sazanami (DD 113) transit the East China Sea near the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). 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. U
170308-N-BL637-050 EAST CHINA SEA (March 8, 2017) The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Murasame-class destroyer JS Samidare (DD 106), left, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108), center, and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Takanami-class destroyer JS Sazanami (DD 113) transit the East China Sea near the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). 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. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sean M. Castellano/Released)
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