SASEBO, Japan (April 12, 2017) Seaman Sean Lee, from Miami, assigned to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48), left asks Vice Adm. Tom Rowden, commander, Naval Surface Forces, a question during an all-hands call aboard the ship. Rowden is visiting Fleet Activities Sasebo, where many of the forward-deployed Amphibious Force 7th Fleet are stationed, to better understand forward-deployed readiness challenges and share the tenets of the new surface force strategy.

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