SINGAPORE (Feb. 20, 2023) – Electricians Mate 1st Class Kash Lewin, left, uses an aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) hose while Fireman Flynn McGuire uses a purple-K (PKP) extinguisher to fight a simulated class bravo fire in an auxiliary engine room aboard amphibious transport dock USS Anchorage (LPD 23) during a general quarters drill, Feb. 20, 2023. General quarters is a ship-wide alert for all hands to go to the positions they are to assume during combat or damage repair. The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, comprised of amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) and amphibious tra


SINGAPORE (Feb. 20, 2023) – Electricians Mate 1st Class Kash Lewin, left, uses an aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) hose while Fireman Flynn McGuire uses a purple-K (PKP) extinguisher to fight a simulated class bravo fire in an auxiliary engine room aboard amphibious transport dock USS Anchorage (LPD 23) during a general quarters drill, Feb. 20, 2023. General quarters is a ship-wide alert for all hands to go to the positions they are to assume during combat or damage repair. The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, comprised of amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) and amphibious transport docks USS Anchorage (LPD 23) and USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26), is operating in the 7th Fleet area of operations with the embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit to enhance interoperability with Allies and partners and serves as a ready-response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region.


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