(Photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jeadan Andre)
Capt. Manuel Pardo, commanding officer of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), stands with the ship’s diversity committee before cutting the cake following a National American Indian Heritage Month Observance in the ship’s mess deck, Nov. 25. 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.
