150901-N-KM939-1170 PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 1, 2015) Sailors perform a check of the sprinklers in the countermeasure wash-down system of the forecastle of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48). Ashland is assigned to the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group and is on patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class David A. Cox/Released)