SASEBO, Japan (Sept. 26, 2024) - Boatswain’s Mate 3rd class Kristopher Hoskins, from Gulfport, Mississippi, assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), performs restoration work on the ship’s side in Sasebo, Sept. 26, 2024. 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.