USS Blue Ridge. Warship photograph collection

Senior Chief Petty Officer Christopher Moore, a hospital corpsman and U.S. 7th Fleet independent duty corpsman, hosts a tour for medical students with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force aboard the U.S. 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19). The guests recently completed their residencies and are preparing to deploy to hospitals in Japan and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships. Blue Ridge serves under Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7/Task Force (CTF) 76, the Navy's only forward-deployed amphibious force. (Photo by: Petty Officer 3rd Class Fidel C. Hart)