YOUR Navy Operating Forward – Indian Ocean, Solomon Sea, Timor Sea, Australia

by ltall via Navy Live

Right now your Navy is 100 percent on watch around the globe helping to preserve the American way of life. Whether it be operating and training off the coast of Spain or forward deployed to the Arabian Gulf, the flexibility and presence provided by our U.S. naval forces provides national leaders with great options for protecting and maintaining our national security and interests around the world. The imagery below highlights the Navy’s ability to provide those options by operating forward.

 

INDIAN OCEAN: Sailors assigned to the Blackjacks of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 21 perform maintenance checks on an MH-60s Sea Hawk helicopter on the flight deck aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2).

 

INDIAN OCEAN: The amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) recovers a rigid-hull inflatable boat.

 

DARWIN, Australia: Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1631 prepares to off-load equipment onto the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6).

 

TIMOR SEA: The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) is on patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility in support of security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

 

TIMOR SEA: The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) conducts a replenishment-at-sea with the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE 11).

 

INDIAN OCEAN: Sailors moor Landing Craft Utility 1631, assigned to Naval Beach Unit 7 (NBU 7), in the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20).

 

INDIAN OCEAN: An MV-22B Osprey from the Greyhawks of Marine Medium-lift Tiltrotor Squadron 161 (Reinforced) lands on the flight deck of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2).

 

SOLOMON SEA: Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Anthony Cook, attached to the U.S. 7th Fleet amphibious command flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), directs an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the Golden Falcons of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 12 during flight operations.

 

INDIAN OCEAN: The amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) is underway during a formation exercise between the Royal Australian Navy and the U.S. Navy.

 

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