PACIFIC OCEAN – The Amphibious Assault ship USS America

PACIFIC OCEAN – The Amphibious Assault ship USS America (LHA 6) connects with the Military Sealift Command Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Wally Schirra (T-AKE 8) during a resupply-at-sea, July 29, 2017. The 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit and America Amphibious Ready Group are deployed as a crisis response and contingency force in the 7th Fleet’s area of operation, which spans more than 124 million square kilometers, stretching from the International Dateline to the India-Pakistan border and from the Kuril Islands in the North to the Antarctic in the South. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jacob Pruitt)