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U.S. 7TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (March 23, 2017) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Equipment) 3rd Class Timothy Bedford, left, from San Diego, and Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Equipment) Airman Torbyn Cabral, from Glenwood Springs, Colo., perform maintenance on a catapult abord the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). The shiop and its carrier strike group on a 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 Seaman Jake Cannady/Released)
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