170404-N-GD109-051 SINGAPORE (April 4, 2017) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), right, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108), left, and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) are moored pierside in Singapore. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is on a 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 photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Z.A. Landers/Released)