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PHILIPPINE SEA (March 29, 2017) Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Tia Wilson, right, from Detroit, sets a defense of the amphibious task force (DATF) mans an M2 .50-caliber machine gun aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) as part of a simulated straits transit meant to exercise Navy-Marine Corps integrated defense procedures. Bonhomme Richard, flagship of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group, with embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is on a routine patrol, operating in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region to enhance warfighting readiness and posture forward as a r
PHILIPPINE SEA (March 29, 2017) Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Tia Wilson, right, from Detroit, sets a defense of the amphibious task force (DATF) mans an M2 .50-caliber machine gun aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) as part of a simulated straits transit meant to exercise Navy-Marine Corps integrated defense procedures. Bonhomme Richard, flagship of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group, with embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is on a routine patrol, operating in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region to enhance warfighting readiness and posture forward as a ready-response force for any type of contingency.
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