SASEBO, Japan (Feb. 27, 2017) Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Jose Garcia (center), from Chicago, and Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Steve Sarsaba, from Waukegan, Ill., heave a mooring line on the fantail of amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) as the ship prepares to depart Sasebo, Japan. Bonhomme Richard is on a routine patrol, operating in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region to serve as a forward-capability for any type of contingency.

---

Size: 1721px × 1162px
Photo credit: © Conner Flecks / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: #cfas, #navy, -japan, 11th, 2nd, 6, 40, 52, 71, 72, 75th, 78, 2017, action, afghanistan, african, air, alex, american, anniversary, australian, awards, barry, base, bataan, battalion, bhr, black, bonhomme, caliber, call, camp, carl, carter, center, city, clb, colorado, combat, command, concert, controlman, corona, corps, csta-, cvn, ddg, depart, deployment, duqm, eagle, eod, eodmu5, erie, family, fc, fire, fleet, flight, foal, friendship, george, ghwb, ground, harbor, hawaii, helicopter, history, hsm-78, hst, hue, ii, iii, iwakuni, jgsdf, joint, kabul, korea, laboon, lake, las, lavic, lejeune, lhd, lhd6, loadiing, lss, m16, mag-29, maintenance, mals-26, marine, marines, maritime, mcas, mef, meu, mlg, month, navy, nicholson, oiler, okinawa, pacific, palms, pearl, port, qm, quarters, ras, republic, resolute, richard, roosevelt, royal, saillors, sailors, sasebo, seabee, service, small, soldier, somerset, south, springs, squadron, states, strike, support, team, texas, theodore, truxtun, twentynine, united, usa, usmc, uss, vegas, vinson, washington, zealand