170216-N-RM689-057 PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 16, 2017) Quartermaster 3rd Class Halen Magee, left, from Montgomery, Texas, elevates a patient’s legs as Lt. j.g. Brian Sorge checks for a pulse during a mass causality drill aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108). Wayne E. Meyer is on a scheduled western Pacific deployment with the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group as part of the U.S. Pacific Fleet-led initiative to extend the command and control functions of U.S. 3rd Fleet into the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. 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 3rd Class Kelsey L. Adams/Released)