170311-N-RM689-052 WATERS EAST OF THE KOREAN PENINSULA

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WATERS EAST OF THE KOREAN PENINSULA (March 11, 2017) Chief Warrant Officer Israel Villa (left), from Oceanside, California, and Seaman Trevor Chastain, from Seattle, plan out strategy for an upcoming soccer game aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108). 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 U.S. 3rd Fleet command and control functions into the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. U.S. Navy aircraft carrier strike groups have routinely patrolled the Indo-Asia-Pacific for more than 70 years. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kelsey L. Adams/Released)