PHILIPPINE SEA (Jan. 29, 2023) Corporal Wyatt Schultz, from Lakeville, Minnesota, assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conducts fast rope operations out the back of an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft from the 31 st MEU’s Air Combat Element during a fast rope exercise on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault carrier USS America (LHA 6), during routine operations while sailing in the Philippine Sea, Jan. 28. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, alongside the 31st MEU, is operating in the 7th Fleet area of operations. 7th Fleet is the


PHILIPPINE SEA (Jan. 29, 2023) Corporal Wyatt Schultz, from Lakeville, Minnesota, assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conducts fast rope operations out the back of an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft from the 31 st MEU’s Air Combat Element during a fast rope exercise on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault carrier USS America (LHA 6), during routine operations while sailing in the Philippine Sea, Jan. 28. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, alongside the 31st MEU, 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.


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