SASEBO, Japan (Feb. 24, 2017) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Joseph Duckstein, center, from Garden Valley, Idaho, directs a hose team during an aircraft fire fighting drill in the hangar bay of amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). 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.

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