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Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Lauren Bryan, from Victorville, California, right, and Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) Airman, JuanDiego Navarro, left, from Puerto Rico, both assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), direct a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter, from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Air Combat Element (ACE) to take off from the flight deck while conducting flight operations in the Philippine Sea, May 22. The 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 3rd Class Kenneth Melseth)
250522-N-TW227-2220.JPG Photo By: Mass Communication 3rd Class Kenneth Melseth

250522-N-TW227-2220 - PHILIPPINE SEA (May 22, 2025) — Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Lauren Bryan, from Victorville, California, right, and Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) Airman, JuanDiego Navarro, left, from Puerto Rico, both assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), direct a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter, from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Air Combat Element (ACE) to take off from the flight deck while conducting flight operations in the Philippine Sea, May 22. The 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 3rd Class Kenneth Melseth)


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