220805-N-XB010-1008 PHILLIPINE SEA (Aug. 5, 2022) Command Master Chief Edward Bazile, command master chief of the forward-deployed amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18), meets with Sgt. Maj. Joshua Smith, 31st MEU sergeant major, on the bridge. New Orleans, part of the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group, along with the 31st MEU, 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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