U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jeadan Andre

SASEBO, Japan (Jan. 10, 2025) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Roger Alonso, from Phoenix, assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), demonstrates medical equipment to Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Sailors from the JS Haguro (DDG 180), in the ship’s medical bay, Jan. 10. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 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.