SASEBO, Japan (April 15, 2021) Ensign Timothy Garber, second from left, gives junior officers from Sasebo-based forward-deployed Navy ships a tour of an engineering space aboard the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6). America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operating in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

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