170322-N-FC674-279 [Image 31 of 293]

AT SEA

03.22.2017

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kurtis A Hatcher 

U.S. Navy           

170322-N-FC674-279 7TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (March 22, 2017) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem (DDG 63), the Repulic of Korea Navy Chungmugong Ti Sun-shin-Class Destroyer Wanggon (DDH 978), and the Republic of Korea Navy Inchion-Class Frigate Gangwon (FFG 815) transit waters east of the Korean Peninsula during a photo exercise including the United States Navy and the Republic of Korea Navy during Exercise Foal Eagle. The Carl Vinson Carrier 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 Kurtis A. Hatcher)

• Date Taken: 03.22.2017
• Date Posted: 03.24.2017 00:13
• Photo ID: 3254431
• VIRIN: 170322-N-FC674-279
• Resolution: 3000x1100
• Size: 1.91 MB
• Location: AT SEA