USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) Flight Deck SCRUBBEX [Image 89 of 242]

EAST CHINA SEA

11.02.2016

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jeanette Mullinax 

U.S. Navy           

161102-N-TH560-063 EAST CHINA SEA (Nov. 2, 2016) Petty Officer 3rd Class Erick Veracervantes, from Oxnard, Calif., sprays salt water onto the flight deck of amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) during an aqueous film forming foam (AFFF) countermeasure washdown. AFFF is a mixture of water and highly concentrated detergent used on the flight deck and hangar bay to smother fires. Bonhomme Richard and amphibious ships under Amphibious Squadron 11 are in the final phase of a multi-month patrol in the Indo-Asia Pacific region after disembarking Marines of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jeanette Mullinax/Released)

• Date Taken: 11.02.2016
• Date Posted: 11.05.2016 00:20
• Photo ID: 2969608
• VIRIN: 161102-N-TH560-063
• Resolution: 5401x3605
• Size: 1.04 MB
• Location: EAST CHINA SEA