Apr 19 2021

210415-N-MZ836-1091

MCSN Jesse Schwab

ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 15, 2021) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Jacques Smith, right, and Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Lee Thomas, use lines to stabilize a training AV-8B Harrier during an immobile aircraft lifting evolution on the flight deck of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), April 15, 2021. Kearsarge, homeported at Naval Station Norfolk, is underway to certify for operations at sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jesse Schwab)

Apr 19 2021

210415-N-MZ836-1066

MCSN Jesse Schwab

ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 15, 2021) Aviation Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Armando Contreras ties down a stabilizing line on a training AV-8B Harrier on the flight deck of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), April 15, 2021. Kearsarge, homeported at Naval Station Norfolk, is underway to certify for operations at sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jesse Schwab)

Apr 19 2021

210415-N-MZ836-1052

MCSN Jesse Schwab

ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 15, 2021) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Logan Marx-Hamilton, center, attaches the manufacture sling of a training AV-8B Harrier to a boom during an immobile aircraft lifting evolution on the flight deck of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), April 15, 2021. Kearsarge, homeported at Naval Station Norfolk, is underway to certify for operations at sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jesse Schwab)

Apr 19 2021

210415-N-MZ836-1019

MCSN Jesse Schwab

ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 15, 2021) Aviation Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Armando Contreras directs the driver of a crane on the flight deck of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), April 15, 2021. Kearsarge, homeported at Naval Station Norfolk, is underway to certify for operations at sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jesse Schwab)

Apr 19 2021

210415-N-FA868-1007

MCSN Theodore Lee

SASEBO, Japan (April 15, 2021) Airman Donna Mae Pareja, from Chalan-Pago, Guam, assigned to the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS New Orleans (LPD 18), retakes the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) in the Fleet Activities Sasebo Community Educational Center. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Theodore C. Lee)

Apr 19 2021

210415-N-FA868-1002

MCSN Theodore Lee

SASEBO, Japan (April 15, 2021) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Fuel) 3rd Class Latasha Velez, from Tampa, Fla., assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), retakes the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) in the Fleet Activities Sasebo Community Educational Center. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Theodore C. Lee)