170707-N-AC254-0223 SAN DIEGO (July 7, 2017) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Haley Chadderdon kisses her daughter goodbye before deploying aboard the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6). The ship and its amphibious ready group is comprised of more than 1,800 Sailors and 2,600 Marines assigned to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52), the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego (LPD 22) and America. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Alexander A. Ventura II/Released)