PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 31, 2017) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to Combat Element 1 of the “Blue Hawks” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 78, takes off from 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 regul

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 31, 2017) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to Combat Element 1 of the “Blue Hawks” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 78, takes off from 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.

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