250524-N-FC892-1042 PHILIPPINE SEA (May 24, 2025) Chief Damage Controlman Ulises Hernandez, center-left, from Pasco, Washington assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), instructs Sailors, also assigned to America, procedure to use a P-100 pump during damage control training in the ship’s hangar bay, while in the Philippine Sea, May 24. 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 2nd Class Cole Pursley)
OSAKA, Japan – The forward-deployed amphibious assault carrier, USS America (LHA 6) with embarked Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived in Osaka, Japan, Feb. 27.
