USS Wayne E. Meyer Conducts a Bilateral Exercise with the JMSDF [Image 8 of 36]

EAST CHINA SEA

03.08.2017

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kelsey Adams 

Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet           

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EAST CHINA SEA (March 8, 2017) Chief Quartermaster James Huang, from Los Angeles, hoists a flag sequence aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) 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)

• Date Taken: 03.08.2017
• Date Posted: 03.21.2017 21:59
• Photo ID: 3244235
• VIRIN: 170308-N-RM689-531
• Resolution: 3075x4573
• Size: 957.73 KB
• Location: EAST CHINA SEA