170208-N-FT178-050 PACIFIC OCECAN (Feb. 8, 2017) Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Alwin Klein Pelingen, from Baguio, Philippines, prepares a replenishment-at-sea station aboard 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

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170208-N-FT178-050 PACIFIC OCECAN (Feb. 8, 2017) Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Alwin Klein Pelingen, from Baguio, Philippines, prepares a replenishment-at-sea station aboard 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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