5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (Sept. 16, 2017) Chief Engineman Kayla Lopez, a native of Denver, assigned to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52), grills hamburger meat on the ship’s flight deck during a steel beach picnic hosted by the chiefs mess and the Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) committee. Pearl Harbor is part of the America Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and, with the embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the 5th Fleet area of operations.

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