USS Tripoli conducts aviation training drill in Sasebo

Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Aircraft Handling) Airman Issacs Arredondo (left) and Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Aircraft Handling) 3rd Class Dvora Oswald rescue a simulated casualty during an aviation training team drill on the flight deck aboard America-class amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7), Jan. 14, 2026. Tripoli is forward deployed to Sasebo, Japan, and operates in U.S. 7th Fleet, the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, which 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 Seaman Apprentice Reese Mitchell Taylor)