5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (Sept. 23, 2017) Sailors and Marines aboard the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), move helicopter rotor blades in the hangar bay. America is the flagship for the America Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 15th MEU, is deployed to the 5th Fleet area of operations in support of maritime security operations to reassure allies and partners and preserve the freedom of navigation and the free flow of commerce in the region.

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