250616-N-BW367-2106 SYDNEY, Australia (June 16, 2025) Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) and U.S. Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) take a group photo after a practice with the Bulldogs, a New South Wales Rugby Football League team, during a scheduled port visit to Sydney, June 16. 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 largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Nicholas Douglass)
