03 December 2021 Amphibious Squadron 11 presents USS Arizona relics to ships Capt. Greg Baker, commodore of Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON) 11, left, presents a relic from USS Arizona (BB 39) to Capt. Ken Ward, commanding officer of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6)...
15 October 2021 USS Germantown completes forward-deployment to Japan, arrives in San Diego Amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) arrived in San Diego Oct. 15, after a decade of forward-deployed service in the Indo-Pacific region operating out of Japan...
25 August 2021 PHIBRON 11, 31st MEU partner with Dutch, U.K. navies on fire support training A massive CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter touches down on Farallon de Medinilla: a windswept, uninhabited tropical island in the middle of the Mariana Islands in the western Pacific...
25 August 2021 USS America Conducts Cyclic Flight Operations with HMS Queen Elizabeth PHILIPPINE SEA - USS America (LHA 6), the Navy’s only forward-deployed amphibious assault ship, participated in cyclic flight operations with HMS Queen Elizabeth (R 08) in the Philippine Sea, Aug. 22-24...
23 August 2021 United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group and USS America Expeditionary Strike Group Join Together for LSGE 21 Operations 210820-N-IO312-1303 An F-35B Lightning II fighter aircraft from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211, embarked on the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08), takes off from the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) during flight...
31 July 2021 USS America Expeditionary Strike Group Concludes Participation in Talisman Sabre 21 CORAL SEA- USS America (LHA 6) Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG), after two weeks of large-scale multinational maritime operations and exercises, alongside partner nations and allies, concluded Talisman Sabre 21, July 31...
19 July 2021 Expeditionary Strike Group 7 arrives for Talisman Sabre 21 CORAL SEA (July 16, 2021) – The forward-deployed ships of Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 7, along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, arrive off the coast of Australia in preparation for the biennial bilateral exercise Talisman Sabre (TS) 21, July 16...
30 June 2021 America ARG-31st MEU team implements waterborne ambulance during exercise 210630-N-IJ902-1139 Philippine Sea (June 30, 2021)—Sailors throw mooring lines to Landing Craft Utility 1633 (LCU 1633), as it enters the well deck of amphibious dock landing ship, USS Germantown (LSD-42)...