YOKOSUKA, Japan (March 16, 2017) - Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Erin Marquez (left), from Pueblo West, Colorado, and Seaman Jonathon Nava, from Fontana, Ca., both attached to the 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), pose for a class photo with first grade students at Sullivan's Elementary School during a community relations event. Blue Ridge is in an extensive maintenance period in order to modernize the ship to continue to serve as a robust communications platform in the 7th Fleet area of operations.

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