Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph Miller | USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) | 09.13.2025
CARIBBEAN SEA (Sept. 13, 2025) Machinist’s Mate Fireman Rian Son Futol uses a pipe wrench to adjust a bolt on the mid-section of a burner barrel—a part of the boiler—during assembly inside the aft machinery room aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). U.S. military forces are deployed to the Caribbean in support of the U.S. Southern Command mission, Department......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph Miller | USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) | 09.13.2025
CARIBBEAN SEA (Sept. 13, 2025) Machinist’s Mate Fireman Rian Son Futol uses a pipe wrench to adjust a bolt on the mid-section of a burner barrel—a part of the boiler—during assembly inside the aft machinery room aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). U.S. military forces are deployed to the Caribbean in support of the U.S. Southern Command mission, Department......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph Miller | USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) | 09.13.2025
CARIBBEAN SEA (Sept. 13, 2025) Machinist’s Mate Fireman Rian Son Futol uses a pipe wrench to adjust a bolt on the mid-section of a burner barrel—a part of the boiler—during assembly inside the aft machinery room aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). U.S. military forces are deployed to the Caribbean in support of the U.S. Southern Command mission, Department......
Photo by Seaman Eric Nelson | USS Makin Island (LHD 8) | 07.08.2025
Gas Turbine System Technician (Mechanical) 3rd Class Kyle Bachman, assigned to the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), and a native of Jacksonville, Florida, aligns a reverse osmosis valve for a freshwater flush in a main machinery room, July 9. Makin Island is currently underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 3rd fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominic Delahunt | USS Makin Island (LHD 8) | 07.06.2025
Gas Turbine System Technician (Mechanical) 2nd Class Wesley Winters, assigned to the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) and a native of Mackay, Idaho, checks the lube oil logistic control in a main machinery room aboard Makin Island, July 7, 2025. Makin Island is currently homeported in San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Dominic......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin Kemble | USS WASP (LHD 1) | 05.01.2025
ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 1, 2025) A Sailor assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) carries a CO2 fire extinguisher down a ladder well in the ship’s forward main machinery room during a general quarters evolution, May 1, 2025. Wasp is underway conducting routine operations in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Justin Kemble)...
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin Kemble | USS WASP (LHD 1) | 05.01.2025
ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 1, 2025) Damage Control Fireman Ajadian Thompson, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), uses a thermal imaging camera to locate simulated hotspots in the ship’s forward main machinery room during a general quarters evolution, May 1, 2025. Wasp is underway conducting routine operations in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin Kemble | USS WASP (LHD 1) | 05.01.2025
ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 1, 2025) Chief Hull Technician Erick Belena, center, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), explains to Damage Controlman 3rd Class Branden Stallcop, left, and Machinist’S Mate 1st Class Joshua Bates, how to use a CO2 fire extinguisher in the ship’s main machinery room during a general quarters evolution, May 1, 2025. Wasp is underway conducting......
