170328-N-HD638-188 [Image 162 of 177]

03.28.2017

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Brown  

U.S. Navy           

170328-N-HD638-188 PHILIPPINE SEA (March 28, 2017) Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers JS Hamagiri (DD-155), JS Samidare (DD-106), JS Umigiri (DD-158), JS Yudachi (DD-103) and Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) and Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) participate in a photo exercise in the Philippine Sea. 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 Matt Brown)

• Date Taken: 03.28.2017
• Date Posted: 04.01.2017 00:32
• Photo ID: 3278696
• VIRIN: 170328-N-HD638-188
• Resolution: 2500x1406
• Size: 2.35 MB