Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Diana Quinlan | Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7 | 04.19.2017
170420-N-WF272-378 SASEBO, Japan (April 20, 2017) From left, Rear Adm. Marc H. Dalton, commander, Amphibious Force 7th Fleet, Capt. Jeffrey Ward and Capt. Larry McCullen, commanding officer of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), participate in a cake cutting ceremony following a change of command in the ship's hangar bay. During the ceremony, McCullen relieved Ward as the......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Diana Quinlan | Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7 | 04.19.2017
170420-N-WF272-336 SASEBO, Japan (April 20, 2017) Rear Adm. Marc H. Dalton, commander, Amphibious Force 7th Fleet, passes through the sideboys following a change of command ceremony aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). During the ceremony, Capt. Larry McCullen relieved Capt. Jeffrey Ward as the ship’s commanding officer. Bonhomme Richard, forward-deployed to......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Diana Quinlan | Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7 | 04.19.2017
170420-N-WF272-101 SASEBO, Japan (April 20, 2017) Rear Adm. Marc H. Dalton, commander, Amphibious Force 7th Fleet, addresses the attendees of a change of command ceremony in the hangar bay of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). During the ceremony, Capt. Larry McCullen relieved Capt. Jeffrey Ward as the ship’s commanding officer. Bonhomme Richard, forward-deployed to......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Diana Quinlan | Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7 | 04.19.2017
170420-N-WF272-051 SASEBO, Japan (April 20, 2017) Rear Adm. Marc H. Dalton, commander, Amphibious Force 7th Fleet, addresses the attendees of a change of command ceremony in the hangar bay of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). During the ceremony, Capt. Larry McCullen relieved Capt. Jeffrey Ward as the ship’s commanding officer. Bonhomme Richard, forward-deployed to......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Cameron McCulloch | Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7 | 04.19.2017
170420-N-RU971-227 SASEBO, Japan (April 20, 2017) Capt. Jeffrey Ward, commanding officer of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), addresses the attendees of a change of command ceremony in the ship’s hangar bay. During the ceremony, Capt. Larry McCullen relieved Ward as the ship’s commanding officer. Bonhomme Richard, forward-deployed to Sasebo, Japan, is serving......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Cameron McCulloch | Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7 | 04.19.2017
170420-N-RU971-312 SASEBO, Japan (April 20, 2017) Capt. Larry McCullen (left) relieves Capt. Jeffrey Ward as commanding officer of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) during a change of command ceremony in the ship’s hangar bay. Bonhomme Richard, forward-deployed to Sasebo, Japan, is serving forward to provide a rapid-response capability in the event of a regional......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Cameron McCulloch | Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7 | 04.19.2017
170420-N-RU971-343 SASEBO, Japan (April 20, 2017) Capt. Larry McCullen, commanding officer of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), addresses the attendees of a change of command ceremony in the ship’s hangar bay. During the ceremony, McCullen relieved Capt. Jeffrey Ward as the ship’s commanding officer. Bonhomme Richard, forward-deployed to Sasebo, Japan, is serving......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Cameron McCulloch | Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7 | 04.19.2017
170420-N-RU971-227 SASEBO, Japan (April 20, 2017) Capt. Jeffrey Ward, commanding officer of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), addresses the attendees of a change of command ceremony in the ship’s hangar bay. During the ceremony, Capt. Larry McCullen relieved Ward as the ship’s commanding officer. Bonhomme Richard, forward-deployed to Sasebo, Japan, is serving......