PHILIPPINE SEA (May 22, 2025) Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class Devon Mazyck, left, from Swansboro, North Carolina, assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) and Gunner’s Mate Seaman Tyler Miner, from San Antonio, Texas, also assigned to the America, assemble a shooting range on the ship’s starboard aircraft elevator before a small arms qualification exercise in the Philippine Sea, May 22. 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 Sade’ Anita Wallace)
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.
