PHILIPPINE SEA (March 29, 2017) Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Tia Wilson, right, from Detroit, and Gunner's Mate Seaman Ryan Edmunds, from Glasgow, Ky., man an M2 .50-caliber machine gun aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) as part of a simulated straits transit meant to exercise Navy-Marine Corps integrated defense procedures. Bonhomme Richard, flagship of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group, with embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is on a routine patrol, operating in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region to enhance warfighting readiness and posture forward
PHILIPPINE SEA (March 29, 2017) Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Tia Wilson, right, from Detroit, and Gunner's Mate Seaman Ryan Edmunds, from Glasgow, Ky., man an M2 .50-caliber machine gun aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) as part of a simulated straits transit meant to exercise Navy-Marine Corps integrated defense procedures. Bonhomme Richard, flagship of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group, with embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is on a routine patrol, operating in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region to enhance warfighting readiness and posture forward as a ready-response force for any type of contingency.
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