SOUTH CHINA SEA (June 10, 2017) A CH-124 Sea King helicopter assigned to Royal Canadian Navy ship HMCS Winnipeg (338) departs the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104). Sterett is part of the Sterett-Dewey Surface Action Group and is the third deploying group operating under the command and control construct called 3rd Fleet Forward. U.S. 3rd Fleet operating forward offers additional options to the Pacific Fleet commander by leveraging the capabilities of 3rd and 7th Fleets. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Byron C. Linder)