USS Makin Island and USS America working together [Image 3 of 6]

AT SEA, EAST CHINA SEA

03.16.2023

Photo by Gunnery Sgt. Chad Pulliam 

13th Marine Expeditionary Unit   

EAST CHINA SEA (March 16, 2023) - U.S. Navy Sailor Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kendra Helmbrecht, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), looks out the back of an MV-22 Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 362 (Rein.), 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), during flight, March 16. The 13th MEU is embarked on the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, comprised of the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) and the amphibious transport docks USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) and USS Anchorage (LPD 23), and operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. 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. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Chad J. Pulliam)

• Date Taken: 03.16.2023
• Date Posted: 03.17.2023 21:40
• Photo ID: 7688006
• VIRIN: 230316-M-FW664-1426-A
• Resolution: 6068x4045
• Size: 1.79 MB
• Location: AT SEA, EAST CHINA SEA