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General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: rangerrebew on February 20, 2017, 07:18:31 pm
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Carrier Strike Group 1 Conducts South China Sea Patrol
(Source: US Navy; issued Feb 18, 2017)
The US Navy carrier USS Carl Vinson is leading a task force into the South China Sea, which China considers as its home waters, and is protecting by building air bases and other military installations on disputed reefs and islets. (USN photo)
SOUTH CHINA SEA --- Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1, including Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 1's Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108), and aircraft from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2, began routine operations in the South China Sea, Feb. 18.
Prior to their operations in the South China Sea, ships and aircraft from within the strike group conducted training off the islands of Hawaii and Guam to maintain and improve their readiness and develop cohesion as a strike group. The strike group recently enjoyed a port visit to Guam and after departing the Marianas, conducted operations in the Philippine Sea.
http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/181286/us-navy-carrier-group-enters-south-china-sea.html