USS America Flight Operations
PACIFIC OCEAN (May 27, 2023) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Donald Elliot, from Tampa Bay, Fla., launches an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25, Detachment 6, from the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) during flight operations in the Pacific Ocean, May 27, 2023. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. 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. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Thomas B. Contant)