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UNDER THE C OL ORS

NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN

Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jamaal Liddell
Commander, Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron 15
Katherine A. Mendoza NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN Hospital Corpsman Chief Jameson
Basa, from Manila, right, gives training on intravenous therapy
Seaman Katherine A. Mendoza, from San Diego, assigned to deck department’s (IV) to Damage Controlman Fireman Christian Mendoza, from
forward division, stands watch as signalman on the flight deck of Nimitz-class Killeen, Texas, middle, and Cryptologic Technician (Collection)
aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) prior to a fueling-at-sea 3rd Class Colton Altenhof, from Murrieta, California, left,
with Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS Pecos (T-AO-197) aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer
in the Pacific Ocean. As an integral part of U.S. Pacific Fleet, U.S. 3rd Fleet USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) in the North Pacific Ocean.
operates naval forces in the Indo-Pacific in addition to providing realistic and Ralph Johnson is forward deployed and assigned to Destroyer
relevant training necessary to flawlessly execute our Navy’s timeless roles of sea Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and the
control and power projection. U.S. 3rd Fleet works in close coordination with U.S. 7th fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass
other numbered fleets to provide commanders with capable, ready forces to Communication Specialist 1st Class Jamaal Liddell)
deploy forward and win in day-to-day competition, in crisis, and in conflict.
(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Lucas J.
Hastings)

PACIFIC OCEAN

USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73)
Adm. Steve Koehler, Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet,
from San Diego, talks to Sailors during a visit aboard
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington
(CVN 73) in the Pacific Ocean. As an integral part of
U.S. Pacific Fleet, U.S. 3rd Fleet operates naval forces in
the Indo-Pacific in addition to providing realistic and
relevant training necessary to flawlessly execute our
Navy’s timeless roles of sea control and power projection.
U.S. 3rd Fleet works in close coordination with other
numbered fleets to provide commanders with capable,
ready forces to deploy forward and win in day-to-day
competition, in crisis, and in conflict. (U.S. Navy photo
by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Travis S.
Hanes)

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