170720-N-AC254-0364 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 20, 2017) Chief Fire Controlman Joseph Tsicouris, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), loads an Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile into a NATO Sea Sparrow Launcher on the ship’s missile deck. America and its amphibious ready group are deployed to the 3rd, 5th and 7th fleet areas of responsibility as a crisis response and contingency force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Alexander A. Ventura II/Released)