250904-N-BW367-1011 NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 4, 2025) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Martha Gonzales from Lexington, Texas and Airman Joshua Bell from Arlington, Texas assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) prepare paint in the hangar bay while in the North Pacific Ocean, Sept. 4. 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)
