PACIFIC OCEAN (July 6, 2017) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Drake Valdiviezo, from Lehi, Utah, signals for a UH-1Y Huey, assigned to the “Gunfighters” of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 369, to take off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8). Makin Island is conducting operations off the coast of Southern California. (

---

Size: 1748px × 1144px
Photo credit: © Dudley Little / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 3, 4th, 6, 6th, 7, 57, 67, 69, aegis, air, aircraft, america, amphibious, arabian, archive, arciaga, armed, army, ashore, assault, bhr, bonhomme, carrier, cg, cg-57, champlain, cvn, cvn77, defence, deployment, dragon, eisenhower, erie, esg, expeditionary, fleet, force, forces, ghwb, group, gulf, gwhb, island, japan, july, lake, lhd, lhd6, makin, military, nato, navy, ofrp, pacific, phillipine, poland, ready, redzikowo, refueling, reportage, richard, sailors, sasebo, sea, service, serviceman, servicemen, shiloh, ship, soldier, squadron, states, strike, underway, united, usa, usn, uss