Story by Cpl. Donald Holbert | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South | 09.14.2014
Applause resonated throughout the passageways of the future amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) as the names of 32 Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force South were read from the lectern during a Corporals Course graduation ceremony, Sept. 14....
Story by 1st Lt. Joshua Pena | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South | 09.05.2014
Clouds of sand filled the air as two MV-22 Ospreys descended to insert Marines and Sailors with Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force South for their final theater security cooperation event Aug. 30....
Story by Cpl. Donald Holbert | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South | 09.05.2014
The future amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) anchored off of the coast of Peru for the final port visit of the ship's maiden transit, “America Visits the Americas,” Aug. 31....
Story by Cpl. Donald Holbert | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South | 08.30.2014
U.S. Marine Corps CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364 landed aboard the future amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), Aug. 24. The CH-46s boarded America after completing their participation in the multi-lateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief exercise Partnership of the Americas 2014....
Story by Cpl. Christopher J. Moore | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South | 08.29.2014
Marines and Sailors aboard the future amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) manned the rails as the ship prepared to dock for a port visit in Valparaíso, Chile, Aug. 24....
Story by Cpl. Donald Holbert | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South | 08.21.2014
The pressure was on as Marines and Sailors with Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force South and the future amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) came together to complete the ship’s first integrated combat lifesaver course, Aug. 21....
Story by Cpl. Christopher J. Moore | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South | 08.20.2014
Hot brass covered the flight deck of the future amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) as Marines and Sailors with Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force South fired at targets during a live-fire exercise, Aug. 15....
Story by Cpl. Christopher J. Moore | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South | 08.19.2014
The hangar bay of the future amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) stood quiet as Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, standing beside the Honorable Michael Hammer, U.S. Ambassador to Chile, addressed hundreds of Marines and Sailors assigned to America and Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-South, during a visit aboard the ship in the Strait of Magellan, Aug. 19....
