170223-N-HD638-125 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Feb. 23, 2017) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate Handling 3rd Class Sarah Melendez, of El Paso, Texas, directs the crew of an E-2C Hawkeye from the “Black Eagles” of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 113 on the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) flight deck. 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 an
170223-N-HD638-125 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Feb. 23, 2017) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate Handling 3rd Class Sarah Melendez, of El Paso, Texas, directs the crew of an E-2C Hawkeye from the “Black Eagles” of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 113 on the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) flight deck. 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 3rd Class Matt Brown/Released) Business as Usual for Carrier Strike Group One in the South China Sea by #PACOM
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