PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 8, 2017) Sailors assigned to Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) lower a retrievable exercise (REX) torpedo onto the MK 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tube (SVTT) loading tray. Wayne E. Meyer is part of the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group who will report to 3rd Fleet, headquartered in San Diego, while deployed to the Western Pacific as part of the Pacific Fleet-led initiative to extend the command and control functions of 3rd Fleet into the region.

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