Keywords: Brazilian naval officers and marines aboard USS America 140802-N-MD297-028.jpg en Brazilian marine Lt Hebert de Melo Almeida center discusses Brazilian marine martial arts training with Sgt Tyson Hicks left aboard the future amphibious assault ship USS America LHA 6 The Brazilian naval officers and marines will spend the next few days aboard America working alongside U S naval officers America is currently traveling through the U S Southern Command and U S 4th Fleet area of responsibility on her maiden transit America visits the Americas America is the first ship of its class replacing the Tarawa-class of amphibious assault ships As the next generation big-deck amphibious assault ship America is optimized for aviation capable of supporting current and future aircraft such as the MV-22 Osprey and F-35B Joint Strike Fighter The ship is scheduled to be ceremoniously commissioned Oct 11 in San Francisco U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Huey D Younger Jr /Released 2014-08-02 Petty Officer 3rd Class Huey Younger https //www dvidshub net/image/1480465 140802-N-MD297-028 2014-08-03 22 57 USS AMERICA AT SEA PD-USGov-Military-Navy MV-22B Osprey USS America LHA-6 Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |