Photo by Capt. Brittany Whitehead | 340th Public Affairs Detachment | 07.14.2025
A U.S. Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force service member with the 1st Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment work together during a block of instruction on vehicle self-recovery in Queensland, Australia, July 15, 2025.Talisman Sabre is the largest bilateral military exercise between Australia and the United States......
Photo by Capt. Brittany Whitehead | 340th Public Affairs Detachment | 07.14.2025
U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Nicholas Maybush, an automotive mechanic chief with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, pulls a tow cable toward a joint light tactical vehicle during a vehicle self-recovery class in Queensland, Australia, July 15, 2025. Marines received the training alongside Japan Ground Self-Defense Force service members with the 1st Amphibious......
Photo by Seaman Apprentice Jeadan Andre | USS America (LHA 6) | 07.30.2024
240730-N-QR506-1379 PHILIPPINE SEA (July 30, 2024) Sailors assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 and Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) participate in a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) drill on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), during routine operations in the Philippine Sea, July 30. America,......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Sade Wallace | USS America (LHA 6) | 03.09.2024
EAST CHINA SEA (Mar. 9, 2024) Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s (MEU) Air Combat Element (ACE) board a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter, from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s (MEU) Air Combat Element (ACE) on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault carrier USS America (LHA 6) during a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) drill as part of operation......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Sade Wallace | USS America (LHA 6) | 03.09.2024
EAST CHINA SEA (Mar. 9, 2024) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Lashawn Jackson, from Orlando, Fl., assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault carrier USS America (LHA 6), signals a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter, from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s (MEU) Air Combat Element (ACE) during a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) drill, as part of Exercise Iron......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Sade Wallace | USS America (LHA 6) | 03.09.2024
EAST CHINA SEA (Mar. 9, 2024) Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) personnel exit a CH-47 Chinook helicopter, also assigned to the JGSDF, on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault carrier USS America as part of Exercise Iron Fist, while sailing in the East China Sea, Mar. 9. Iron Fist is an annual bilateral exercise designed to increase interoperability and strengthen......
Photo by Seaman Darian Lord | USS America (LHA 6) | 02.27.2024
OSAKA, Japan (Feb. 27, 2024) Sailors assigned to the forward deployed amphibious assault carrier USS America (LHA 6) and Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) observe as the ship pulls in to Osaka, Japan, February 27. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Theodore Lee | USS America (LHA 6) | 03.04.2022
PHILIPPINE SEA (March. 4, 2022) Airman Tomas Schneider, from Mountain View, Calif., assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), secures a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) to the ship’s flight deck. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, along with the 31st MEU, is operating in the U.S. 7th......
