USS America (LHA 6) Conducts Flight Operations with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU)

240723-N-FC892-1599 PHILIPPINE SEA (July 23, 2024) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 2nd Class Edward Stewart, from Suffolk, Virginia, assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), observes MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircrafts from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262 land on the flight deck during routine operations in Philippine Sea, July 23. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Cole Pursley).