170308-N-RM689-342 EAST CHINA SEA (March 8, 2017)
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170308-N-RM689-342
EAST CHINA SEA (March 8, 2017) Quartermaster 2nd Class Chiset Hilder, from Albany, New York, hoists navigation flags aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) to send a signal to ships during a flag hoisting exercise between Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. 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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