161024-N-JS726-035 (Oct. 24, 2016) SOUTH CHINA SEA Capt. Jeffery Ward (center), commanding officer of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), oversees a replenishment-at-sea with the Military Sealift Command ship USNS Walter S. Diehl (T-AO-193). Bonhomme Richard, flagship of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group, is in the South China Sea to support security and stability in the Indo-Asia Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class David Holmes/Released)