170305-N-RM689-326 SOUTH CHINA SEA (March 5, 2017)
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170305-N-RM689-326
SOUTH CHINA SEA (March 5, 2017) An SA330J Puma helicopter attached to Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Richard E. Byrd (T-AKE 4) picks up pallets from the flight deck of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) during a vertical replenishment-at-sea. 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 the command and control functions of U.S. 3rd Fleet into the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. U.S. Navy aircraft carrier strike groups have patrolled the Indo-Asia-Pacific regularly and routinely for more than 70 years. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kelsey L. Adams/Released)
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