USS America conducts live-fire exercise in East China Sea

EAST CHINA SEA (May 21, 2025) Information Systems Technician Seaman Mohammed Ahmed, center, from Sacramento, California, assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), loads an M240B machine gun with .50 caliber Browning Machine Gun ammunition during a crew-served weapons live-fire exercise in the East China Sea, May 21. 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 Sade’ Anita Wallace)