SASEBO, Japan (May 4, 2017) Lt. Scott Lanum, left, from Waldorf, Md., the navigator aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), describes the function of the ship’s pilot house to French sailors assigned to the amphibious assault ship FS Mistral (L9013) during a ship tour. Bonhomme Richard, forward-deployed to Sasebo, Japan, is serving forward to provide a rapid-response capability in the event of a regional contingency or natural disaster.

---

Size: 1731px × 1156px
Photo credit: © Ted Small / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 11, 24, 24th, 3/6, 3rd, 4th, 5, 57, 62, 6th, 71, 72, 76, 88, 104, 105, 108, 7th, activities, ad, adm, aft-steering, air, aircraft, alex, america, ammo, ammun, amphibious, attt, batarg, bhr, blt, bonhomme, c3f, carrier, cg, cg-57, clb, cnic, command, commander, comptuex, corona, cs, ctf, cvn, cvw, cvw-5, ddg, ddg-108, deployment, dewey, dock, expeditionary, fclp, field, fleet, force, group, landing, marine, meyer, navy, practice, ready, richard, roosevelt, sasebo, squadron, states, theodore, transport, unit, united, uss, vice, vn584, wayne