Sailors prepare to move cargo during a vertical replenishment at sea mission involving the Military Sealift Command's dry-cargo and ammunition ship USNS Richard E. Byrd and the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the South China Sea, Feb. 24, 2017. The Carl Vinson Strike Group is deployed to the Western Pacific as part of the U.S. Pacific Fleet-led initiative to extend the command-and-control functions of U.S. 3rd Fleet. Navy photo by Seaman Jake Cannady