Sailors participate in simulated medical emergency response procedures on the mess decks aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), during routine operations...

211027-N-PH222-1623 APRA HARBOR, GUAM (Oct. 27, 2021) Mineman Seaman Francisco Vera, from Tracy, Calif., stands watch from the flight deck aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), during routine operations...

211027-N-PH222-1590 APRA HARBOR, GUAM (Oct. 27, 2021) Sailors assigned to Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), participate in a Search and Rescue training evolution...

211027-N-PH222-1064 APRA HARBOR, GUAM (Oct. 27, 2021) Sailors from Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), left, and USS Tulsa (LCS 16), render honors during morning colors...

Capt. Ken Ward, commanding officer of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), speaks to Capt. Koji Miyazaki, commanding officer the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ship destroyer JS Ise (DDH 182), during a tour of America...

Sailors transfer ammunition from the mission bay aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18)...

211025-N-PH222-1828 PHILIPPINE SEA (Oct. 25, 2021) Lt. Garret Smart, from Draper, Utah, left, signals the plane captain from a MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, attached to the “Blackjacks” of Helicopter Sea Combat (HSC) Squadron 21, during routine flight operations aboard Independence-variant littoral...

Culinary Specialist 2nd Class Dorothy Mance, from Chicago, places a tray of fish in the food line before lunch aboard the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS 16)...

Chief Quartermaster Matthew Rivera, from Mount Bethel, Penn., walks on the flight deck during security watch aboard the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS 16)...

Between an innovative virtual training session for the crew and lidar scans that helped the ship receive updates of significant components, USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62)’s recent visit to NSWC PHD was not the average ship groom...

Lt. Iman Amaya, from Orange Park, Fla., left, fires a M240D machine gun aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), during a live fire exercise...

Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class Justin Bautista, from Los Angeles, assigned to the “Wildcards” of Helicopter Sea Combat (HSC) Squadron 23, washes an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter on the flight deck of the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Jackson (LCS 6) during routine operations...

Lt. j.g. Hannah Denny, from Ridley Park, Penn., wipes down a door frame during cleaning stations aboard the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS 16)...

Independence-variant littoral combat ships USS Jackson (LCS 6) and USS Tulsa (LCS 16) sailed with Germany Navy frigate FGS Bayern (F 217) in the Philippine Sea, and Tulsa hosted Bayern crewmembers for ship tours while moored at Naval Base Guam, Oct. 18 & 21...

Chief Damage Controlman Raul Avila, from Inglewood, Calif., part of the damage control training team, instructs Sailors during a main space fire drill aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18)...

211022-N-FA490-1083 Cmdr. Michael Root, captain of the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Jackson (LCS 6), from Benton, Pa., observes a sea and anchor evolution from the starboard bridgewing of Jackson, during routine operations...

Sailors step forward with a fire-hose during aviation firefighting training aboard the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS 16)...

211021-N-PH222-1114 PHILIPPINE SEA (Oct. 21, 2021) Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Emily Tan, from Gilbert, Ariz., inventories supplies in the hazmat locker aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), during routine operations...

Cmdr. Travis Dvorak, the commanding officer of the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS 16), describes Tulsa’s weapon capabilities to Sailors from the German Navy frigate Bayern (F 217) on the ship’s fo’c’sle...

Aviation Electronics Mate 2nd Class Jonah Lawson, from Prineville, Ore., replaces a co-pilot trim release switch on an MH-60S Seahawk, assigned to the “Wildcards” of Helicopter Sea Combat 23 (HSC 23) aboard USS Jackson (LCS 6), during routine operations...

211021-N-FA490-1003 Aviation Electronics Mate 2nd Class Jonah Lawson, from Prineville, Ore., replaces a co-pilot trim release switch on an MH-60S Seahawk, assigned to the “Wildcards” of Helicopter Sea Combat 23 (HSC 23) aboard USS Jackson (LCS 6), during routine operations...

Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Ray Nunley, from Memphis, Tenn., serves as forward lookout watch on the bridge of the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Jackson (LCS 6), during routine operations...

Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Damian Guerraguerra, from Las Vegas, stands security watch in the pilot house aboard the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS 16)...

Sailors conduct a vertical replenishment from the flight deck aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), with a MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, attached to the “Blackjacks” of Helicopter Sea Combat (HSC) Squadron 21, with dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Carl Brashear...

211020-N-PH222-1377 PHILIPPINE SEA (Oct. 20, 2021) Senior Chief Gas Turbine Systems Technician Clark Griswold, from Berwick, Ill., stands watch aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), during routine operations...