Posted: 07/01/2017
PACIFIC OCEAN (July 16, 2017) An AV-8B Harrier assigned to Marine Tiltrotor Squadron 161 (Reinforced) prepares to make a vertical landing on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6). The ship 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. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jacob Pruitt)