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    USS Wayne E. Meyer Conducts a Bilateral Exercise with the JMSDF [Image 12 of 36]

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    A naval sailor is using a large mounted binocular/optical rangefinder device aboard a warship at sea. In the background, at least two other naval vessels are visible on the horizon, including what appears to be an aircraft carrier to the left and a destroyer or cruiser to the right. The scene suggests a multi-ship naval formation or exercise.

    EAST CHINA SEA

    03.08.2017

    Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kelsey Adams 

    Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet           

    170308-N-RM689-666
    EAST CHINA SEA (March 8, 2017) Seaman Trevor Chastain, from Seattle, calls out the flag sequence from Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer JS Sazanami (DD 113) aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) during a flag hoisting exercise between the 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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    Date Taken: 03.08.2017
    Date Posted: 03.21.2017 21:57
    Photo ID: 3244257
    VIRIN: 170308-N-RM689-666
    Resolution: 5374x3583
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    Location: EAST CHINA SEA
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