USS Portland conducts flight ops in Pacific Ocean

U.S. Navy Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Xavier Grass, assigned to San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27), guides a Navy MH-60S Sea Hawk, with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 21, for landing on the ship’s flight deck, March 26, 2026. The 11th MEU is currently underway aboard the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations demonstrating the United States’ long-term commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Avery Wayland)