170328-N-FT178-076 PHILIPPINE SEA (March 27, 2017) Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Murasame-class destroyer JDS Yudachi (DD 103), and Murasame-class destroyer JDS Samidare (DD 106) participate in a photo exercise in the Philippine Sea. Carl Vinson 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

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170328-N-FT178-076 PHILIPPINE SEA (March 27, 2017) Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Murasame-class destroyer JDS Yudachi (DD 103), and Murasame-class destroyer JDS Samidare (DD 106) participate in a photo exercise in the Philippine Sea. Carl Vinson 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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