Keywords: USS America pinning ceremony 140916-N-FR671-435.jpg en Chief Air Traffic Controller Fernando Montes receives his collar devices from his wife and children during a chief petty officer pinning ceremony aboard future amphibious assault ship USS America LHA 6 This year marks the first time a chief pinning ceremony was held aboard the ship 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 2nd Class Jonathan A Colon/ Released 2014-09-16 Jonathan Colon https //www dvidshub net/image/1552965 140916-N-FR671-435 2014-09-16 23 51 SAN DIEGO CA US PD-USGov-Military-Navy MV-22B Osprey USS America LHA-6 Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |