EAST CHINA SEA (June 12, 2023) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Christian Lynam, from Verona, Kentucky, assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault carrier USS America (LHA 6), moves an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s (MEU) Air Combat Element (ACE) on the ship’s flight deck while sailing in the East China Sea, June 12. 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 an
EAST CHINA SEA (June 12, 2023) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Christian Lynam, from Verona, Kentucky, assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault carrier USS America (LHA 6), moves an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s (MEU) Air Combat Element (ACE) on the ship’s flight deck while sailing in the East China Sea, June 12. 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 2nd Class Thomas B. Contant)
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