(Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Amy Cocoro Mullins)
Capt. Ethan M. Rule, incoming commanding officer of the forward-deployed USS America (LHA 6), speaks during his change of command ceremony in the ship’s hangar bay, Jan. 9. 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.
