USS Wayne E. Meyer Conducts a Bilateral Exercise with the JMSDF [Image 10 of 36]

EAST CHINA SEA

03.08.2017

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kelsey Adams 

Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet           

170308-N-RM689-651
EAST CHINA SEA (March 8, 2017) Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) sails alongside Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer JS Sazanami (DD 113) and JS Samidare (DD 106) during a flag hoisting exercise. The Carl Vinson Strike Group is on a regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployment as part of the U.S. Pacific Fleet-led initiative to extend the command and control functions of U.S. 3rd Fleet. 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 21:58
• Photo ID: 3244256
• VIRIN: 170308-N-RM689-651
• Resolution: 5244x3496
• Size: 1.16 MB
• Location: EAST CHINA SEA