By Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Clay | Nov. 13, 2017
Damage Controlman 1st Class Joseph Ruiz communicates on a two-way radio during a countermeasure wash-down system test on the boat deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) during a rehearsal for Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV). Ashland conducted preparations for the ship™s INSURV, scheduled for May 2018, just prior to wrapping up a five-month deployment in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (Photo by (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Clay)
Boatswainís Mate 1st Class Dennis Castro signals to launch a U.S. Marine Corps amphibious assault vehicle (AAV) assigned to Amphibious Assault Vehicle Company, Combat Assault Battalion, from the well deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) during exercise Blue Chromite. The annual exercise between the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps is designed to strengthen interoperability and increase naval integration and proficiencies in amphibious warfare. (Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Clay)
Sailors assigned to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) man the rails as the ship departs from Okinawa, Japan, to begin Blue Chromite. Blue Chromite is an exercise held between the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps to strengthen interoperability and increase naval integration and proficiencies in amphibious warfare. (Photo by (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Clay)
OKINAWA, Japan (Oct. 30, 2017) The amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) pulls into the harbor of White Beach Naval Facility in Okinawa, Japan to deliver two mariners who were rescued at sea. Ashland, operating in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region on a routine deployment, is also in Okinawa to prepare for the joint U.S. Navy-Marine Corps exercise Blue Chromite. (Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Sarah Vi)
Sailors assigned to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) maneuver the landing craft personnel (large) to render assistance to distressed mariners. . Ashland, operating in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region on a routine deployment, rescued two American mariners who had been in distress for several months after their sailboat had a motor failure and had strayed well off its original course while traversing the Pacific Ocean. (Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan R Clay)
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