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Sideboys from the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) render honors to Gen. Vincent K. Brooks, commander, United Nations Command/Combined Forces Command/U.S. Forces Korea, center left, Gen. Lee, Sun Jin, chairman of the Republic of Korea Joint Chiefs of Staff, center right, and Gen. Leem, Ho-young, deputy commander, Combined Force, Republic of Korea, center, on the flight deck, Mar. 12, 2017. 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.