USS Wayne E. Meyer Conducts a Bilateral Exercise with the JMSDF [Image 30 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) Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) sails into position to conduct a flag hoisting exercise with Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer JS Sazanami (DD 113) and JS Samidare (106). 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 21:36
• Photo ID: 3244641
• VIRIN: 170308-N-RM689-623
• Resolution: 5015x3305
• Size: 951.24 KB
• Location: EAST CHINA SEA