170410-N-RM689-045 SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 10, 2017)
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170410-N-RM689-045
SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 10, 2017) Machinery Repairman Fireman Nicolas Higgins, from New Bern, Louisiana, checks a sample of water from a potable water tank during a routine water quality check aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108). Wayne E. Meyer is on a regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployment with the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group as part of the U.S. Pacific Fleet-led initiative to extend U.S. 3rd Fleet command and control functions into the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. U.S. Navy aircraft carrier strike groups have routinely patrolled the Indo-Asia-Pacific for more than 70 years. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kelsey L. Adams/Released)