βIt was around June or July, I had just got off of watch so it was maybe 8 p.m.,β said Damage Controlman (DC) 2nd Class Jose Perez-Ortiz, a damage control fireman and member of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) at-sea fire party during the shipβs 2019 deployment. βThe ship had just gotten out of the Suez Canal transit and we were on a straight shot home. I vividly remember emailing my family about being...