Uss Bonhomme Richard Lhd 6

ABOARD USS BONHOMME RICHARD (LHD-6), At Sea (Aug. 26, 2016) – Col. Tye R. Wallace (left) and Sgt. Maj. Jim Lanham (right), fire M1911 .45-caliber pistols during live-fire training aboard the USS Bonhomme Richar More

U.S. Navy Chief Special Warfare Operator David Hansen, background left, and Lt. Cmdr. Roarke Denver, a Navy SEAL, walk along the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) during a More

Marine Corps Pfc. Brian Jones, a cannon crewman assigned to Battery A, 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard, awaits the departure of a landing cr More

Capt. Timothy M. Wilson, former commanding officer of Amphibious Squadron 7, makes his final remarks to his staff during the squadron's disestablishment ceremony aboard the multipurpose amphibious assault ship More

Lt. j.g. Lauryn Dempsey, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island, participates in a soccer game against the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard during Surface Line Week 2010 at Naval B More

Sailors assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) walk across the ramp from Berthing and Messing Barge APL-65 to the pier at Naval Base San Diego. The crew of Bonhomme Richard is temp More

Seaman Michael Pa, operations specialist, checks the position of electrical lines while standing watch aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard. Bonhomme Richard is preparing for a nine-month dry More

Officers assigned to the Surface Warfare Officer School visit the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard to train on properly conducting 3M spot checks and zone inspections.

Sailors assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) depart Messing and Berthing Barge (APL 65) for duty section turnover aboard Bonhomme Richard. Bonhomme Richard is preparing for a mon More

Sunshine streams into the upper vehicle deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard as Sailors and contractors prepare the ship for dry-dock. Bonhomme Richard is heading into a dry-dock maintenance More

Sailors assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) walk through early morning fog to the ship and the messing and berthing barge. Bonhomme Richard is preparing for a dry-dock maintena More

Seaman Ryan Neal, a logistics specialist, grants permission for a sailor to board the messing and berthing barge for the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). Bonhomme Richard is preparing for a More

A tugboat maneuvers the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) into the NASSCO dry dock to undergo scheduled maintenance until April 2011.

Petty Officer 3rd Class David Ferguson, aviation electronics technician, checks the calibration of various types of gauges aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). The ship is in dry doc More

A NASSCO shipyard worker chips paint off the hull of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard. The ship will be in dry dock for about four months.

The Messing and Berthing Barge as seen from the top of the NASSCO dry-dock where the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard is undergoing maintenance and upgrades until April 2011.

Sailors assigned to amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard perform the 1.5-mile run portion of the semi-annual physical fitness test at Naval Base San Diego.

General Dynamics shipyard workers prepare to remove the starboard propeller on the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard inside the NASSCO dry-dock. The ship is undergoing several months of maintenance a More

NASSCO shipyard workers work on the starboard rudder of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard. The ship will be in dry dock for the next several months undergoing hull preservation and upgrades.

Hull preservation and upgrades are in progress aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard despite constant rain for several days. Bonhomme Richard is in dry-dock for maintenance and upgrades.

National Steel and Shipbuilding Company shipyard workers use a barge crane to move the propellers and rudder of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard. The parts will be trucked across country to a re More

National Steel and Shipbuilding Company shipyard workers use a barge crane to move the propellers and rudder of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard. The parts will be trucked across country to a re More

Shipyard workers position themselves to apply paint to the hull of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard in the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company dry-dock as part of scheduled maintenance and p More

Fireman Apprentice Stefanie Salazar, damage controlman, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard instructs duty section sailors how to don a self-contained breathing apparatus used for fight More

A sailor assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) places a urine sample in a box during routine random testing. The ship is in dry dock for maintenance and upgrades through April.

Capt. Jonathan Harnden, commanding officer of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard, escorts U.S. Rep. Mark Critz on a tour of the ship while in dry dock in San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Commun More

Capt. Jonathan Harnden, left, commanding officer of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), escorts U.S. Rep. Mark Critz, during a tour of the ship in dry dock. Critz is a member of the House More

The amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard is in the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company dry-dock for maintenance and upgrades through April 2011.

A sailor assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard uses a needle gun to strip paint from a firehose reel stand. Bonhomme Richard is in the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company dry-dock for More

Petty Officer 1st Class Duke Richardson, mass communication specialist, photographs a reenlistment ceremony on the mast of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard. Bonhomme Richard is in dry dock for m More

National Steel and Shipbuilding Company employees work beneath the hull of the 40,500-ton amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard. Bonhomme Richard is in dry-dock for upgrades and maintenance through April.

Cmdr. Kieran Twomey, Air Boss aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard, receives sacramental ashes during the ship's Ash Wednesday multi-denominational service. The ship is in dry dock through Ap More

Sailors assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard practice for the San Diego Padres opening day flag ceremony. Approximately 300 volunteers unfurled an 800-pound flag that covered the entire More

Sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard practice hose handling techniques during a main-space fire drill. Bonhomme Richard is completing a nine-month maintenance period.

Subcontractors for National Steel and Shipbuilding Company resurface the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard. Bonhomme Richard is nearing the end of a nearly ten-month maintenance pe More

Members of the fueling team aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard observe an underway replenishment with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Guadalupe.

Sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) conduct a foreign object damage walk down before a flight deck fire drill.

Petty Officer 1st Class Jannell Alvarez has blood drawn during a blood drive aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard. The blood drive was to supplement blood reserves for military personnel serv More

Seaman Arwando Santamaria Diaz, quartermaster, stands watch aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard as the ship transits the San Diego Bay. Bonhomme Richard is underway for sea trials and is tra More

A U.S. Marine Corps AH-1W Cobra helicopter is chained to the flight deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard.

The amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard, homeported in San Diego, is moored at Naval Station Everett and will take part in the 62nd annual Seattle Seafair Navy Week. Seafair activities allow U.S. and C More

The amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson participate in the Parade of Ships during the 62nd annual Seattle Seafair Fleet Week. Seafair ac More

A sailor performs maintenance on mooring lines aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). Bonhomme Richard is underway to load ammunition aboard the ship.

Airman Rhiannan Gaunt works as a line handler aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) during a replenishment at sea.

The amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) passes beneath the Coronado Bay Bridge. Bonhomme Richard left homeport at San Diego and is en route to Sasebo, Japan, where she will relieve the amphibio More

A sailor assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) sweeps the ramp to the hangar bay. Bonhomme Richard is en route to relieve USS Essex (LHD 2) in Sasebo, Japan.

U.S. Navy Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Daquan Williams performs preventative maintenance on a weapons elevator aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) in Sasebo, Japan, July 18, 2012. (U. More

U.S. Navy Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Recruit Moses Olasunkanmi practices securing equipment in the hangar bay aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) while ported in Sas More

Logistics Specialist 1st Class Adam Martinez looks for parts in the supply department aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). Bonhomme Richard is the lead ship of the only forward-deplo More

Logistics Specialist 1st Class (SW/AW) Adam Martinez looks for parts in the supply drawers located in the supply department aboard amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). Bonhomme Richard, command More

Logistics Specialist 1st Class (SW/AW) Adam Martinez looks for parts in the supply drawers located in the supply department aboard amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). Bonhomme Richard, command More

Master-at-Arms 3rd Class David Chatham releases a line from the pier for USS Tortuga (LSD 46) before the ship departs for fall deployment. Tortuga is scheduled to conduct exercises in the western Pacific with t More

Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Bridney Brown uses the “big eyes” to scan the horizon aboard forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) Aug. 14. Bonhomme Richard, commanded by Capt. Dusek, More

Flight deck personnel discuss safety prior to flight quarters aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). Bonhomme Richard, commanded by Capt. Daniel Dusek, is the lead sh More

Ship's Serviceman Seaman Adam Reed gives Ship's Serviceman Seaman Andrew Powell a haircut in the barber shop of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). Bonhomme Richard, comma More

Landing Craft Air Cushions prepare to bring cargo from shore to forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) during the 31st MEU embarkation. Bonhomme Richard embarked the 31st MEU to b More

Landing Craft Utility 1634 returns to the beach after dropping off cargo aboard amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) during an embarkation of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. Tortuga embarked th More

Logistics Specialist Seaman Hope Lee from Conroe, Texas, lowers the Navy Jack during evening colors aboard amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), as amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) More

Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1651 approaches the well deck of amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) during an embarkation of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU). Tortuga embarked the 31st M More

Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit stack sea bags during the 31st MEU embarkation aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). Bonhomme Richard embarked More

U.S. sailors dash away from a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter, assigned to the U.S. Marine Corps Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 262, after removing the chocks and tie down chains securing it to the de More

Aviation Support Equipment Technician 3rd Class Jeremy Armendiriz pulls a patch on a hydraulic unit aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). Bonhomme Richard is the lead More

Damage Controlman 3rd Class Mathew Huber is currently serving aboard amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). Bonhomme Richard, commanded by Capt. Daniel Dusek, is the lead ship of the only forward More

Aviation Structural Mechanic 2nd Class Robert Hohmann cuts a piece of metal to use for a sign in the Aviation Intermediate Maintenance Department - Air Frames shop aboard amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Ri More

Aviation Boatswain's Mate Fuel 1st Class Jesus Rodriguez reads a book for his children through the United Through Reading program aboard amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). UTR is a program th More

Religious Programs Specialist 3rd Class David Lee readies the chapel for a service aboard amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). Bonhomme Richard, commanded by Capt. Daniel Dusek, is the lead shi More

Religious Programs Specialist 3rd Class David Lee readies the chapel for a service aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). Bonhomme Richard is the lead ship of the only forward-deployed More

An AV-8B Harrier jet aircraft assigned to Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 542 approaches the flight deck during flight operations aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). B More

Aviation Support Equipment Technician Airman Lu Bai, left, and Aviation Support Equipment Technicians 3rd Class Shaofang Fan and Elyse Campbell use a preservation iron to provide additional support on a three-t More

Flight deck personnel watch as an AV-8B Harrier jet aircraft assigned to Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 542 approaches the flight deck during flight operations aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship More

Seaman Apprentice Chris Pierre Louis stands the aft lookout watch aboard amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) as guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) transits the Pacific Ocean. Bonh More

Aviation Support Equipment Technician Airman Lu Bai, left, Aviation Support Equipment Technician 3rd Class Shaofang Fan, center, and Aviation Support Equipment Technician 3rd Class Elyse Campbell use a preserva More

Aviation Maintenance Administrationman 3rd Class Robert Cuevas, a Portsmouth, Va., native, updates a personnel accountability board in the Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department aboard forward-deployed a More

Lance Cpl. Benjamin Douglas, an aviation operations specialist assigned to Aviation Combat Element, is currently embarked aboard amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). Bonhomme Richard, commanded More

Religious Programs Specialist 2nd Class James Decker teaches an American Sign Language class aboard amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). Bonhomme Richard, commanded by Capt. Daniel Dusek, is th More

Flight deck personnel watch as an AV-8B Harrier jet aircraft assigned to Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 542 approaches the flight deck during night flight operations aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault More

U.S. Navy Chief Warrant Officer Ricardo Rodriguez, Ordnance Handling Officer for the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), gives a tour of an ammo magazine to Marines from the 3 More

An AV-8B Harrier jet aircraft assigned to Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 542 sits on the flight deck under a full moon aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) at White Bea More

U.S. Navy Seaman Jeremiah Baker pulls in a mooring line inside the forecastle aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) at Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 31, 2012. Bonhomme Richard is the command sh More

Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit prepare to launch combat rubber raiding crafts from Landing Craft Air Cushion 10 during open ocean operations. Amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6 More

Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit practice the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program in the hanger bay aboard amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). Bonhomme Richard, commanded by Capt. More

U.S. sailors and Marines execute knee lifts during a command aerobics class in the hangar bay of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) while deployed in the East China Sea, Sept. 3, 2012. (U. More

An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25 approaches the flight deck of amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard during flight operations. Bonhomme Richard, commanded by Ca More

Sailors and Marines conduct a foreign object damage walkdown on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) prior to flight quarters. Bonhomme Richard, commanded More

Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Joseph Fallie, left, and Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Joseph Trousdale attach a fin to a BLU-111 general purpose bomb aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LH More

Interior Communications Electrician 3rd Class Bruce Benoit checks the voltage on the announcing system aboard amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). Bonhomme Richard, commanded by Capt. Daniel Du More

Sgt. Travis Henry (right), a UH-1Y Huey crew chief, and Lance Cpl. Victor Ramirez, a UH-1Y Huey crew chief, from the Flying Tigers of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 262, perform maintenance on a UH-1Y More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. James Cutler, assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 262, waves goodbye to the fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Ericsson (T-AO 194) following a replenishment at sea aboard More

Marines assigned to combat cargo watch as a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter, assigned to the Flying Tigers of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 262, picks up cargo nets on the flight deck of the forward-depl More

Marines assigned to combat cargo move supplies during an underway replenishment with Military Sealift Command's fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Ericsson (T-AO 194) as a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter, assigned More

A U.S. Marine Corps CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 262 delivers cargo to the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) during a re More

An U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier aircraft assigned to Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 542 sits on an aircraft elevator in the hangar bay aboard amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) while under wa More

An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter drops off supplies aboard amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver (LPD 9) (right) as it receives fuel during a replenishment at sea from Military Sealift Command's fleet replenis More

An AV-8B Harrier jet aircraft assigned to Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 542 approaches the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) during evening flight operation More

An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter and an AH-1W Cobra helicopter fly by the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard during flight operations. The Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group, along More

Australian army officers watch as an AV-8B Harrier jet aircraft assigned to Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 542 takes off on the flight deck aboard the only forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Ri More

U.S. Navy chief's covers lay on a table prior to being given to new owners during a chief petty officer pinning ceremony aboard amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard Sept. 14, 2012, in the Philippine Sea More

A CH-53E Sea Stallion helicopter, assigned to the Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 Flying Tigers approaches the flight deck aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard during f More

Personnel Specialist Anthony Fano files important documents in the administration department aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). Bonhomme Richard, commanded by Capt More

Hull Maintenance Technician Fireman Sean Skewes fabricates a mounting bracket in the hull technician shop aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). Bonhomme Richard, comm More