PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 24, 2023) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) Airman Cassandra Flores, from Bakersfield, California, assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault carrier USS America (LHA 6), directs an AS 322 Puma helicopter, from the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE 11), during a vertical replenishment while sailing underway in the Philippine Sea, Feb. 24. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, is operating in the 7th Fleet area of operations. 7th Fleet is the Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely intera
PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 24, 2023) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) Airman Cassandra Flores, from Bakersfield, California, assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault carrier USS America (LHA 6), directs an AS 322 Puma helicopter, from the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE 11), during a vertical replenishment while sailing underway in the Philippine Sea, Feb. 24. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, is operating in the 7th Fleet area of operations. 7th Fleet is the 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. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Thomas B. Contant)
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