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Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102), right, conducts a replenishment-at-sea with Her Majesty's New Zealand Ship Endeavour (A11), Nov. 13, 2016. Sampson will report to U.S. Third Fleet, Headquartered in San Diego, while deployed to the Western Pacific as part of the U.S. Pacific Fleet-led initiative to extend the command and control functions of Third Fleet into the region.

USS Sampson

The guided missile destroyer USS Sampson, right, conducts a replenishment-at-sea with fleet oiler HMNZS Endeavour in the western Pacific Ocean, Nov. 13, 2016. The Sampson will assist New Zealand’s authorities in responding to the 7.5 magnitude earthquake that struck Nov. 14, killing two and stranding thousands. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Bryan Jackson

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