PACIFIC OCEAN (April 21, 2017) USS Makin Island Commanding Officer Capt. Mark A. Melson, left, speaks with Fire Controlman 2nd Class Briley Dixon, from Sioux City, Iowa, during a divisional uniform inspection in the hangar bay of the amphibious assault ship. Makin Island, the flagship for the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, with the embarked 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operating in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region to enhance amphibious capability with regional partners and to serve as a ready-response force for any type of contingency.

---

Size: 1662px × 1203px
Photo credit: © Ted Small / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ----, 19, 4th, 6th, air, aircraft, america, antonio, archive, armed, army, batarg, bhr, bonhomme, bush, carney, carrier, critical, cvn77, debbie, defence, deployment, eagle, flag, fleet, force, forces, fost, ghwb, island, japan, lhd6, lpd, makin, mesa, middle, military, namesake, navy, officer, pacific, reportage, richard, rob, sailors, salute, san, sasebo, sea, service, serviceman, servicemen, smith, soldier, states, stewards, stewi, texas, training, truxtun, united, usa, usn, uss, verde