Welcome home!!! 🥳🎉🎈 The Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51), assigned to the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group (WSPARG), returns to Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Dec. 7, 2024, following a seven-month deployment in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations. More than 4,000 Sailors and Marines assigned to the WSPARG supported a wide range of interoperability opportunities and exercises, increasing combat readiness and crisis response capabilities while strength

America’s warfighting Navy is coming to New York for Fleet Week! The dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) will be open for tours May 22-26 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Homeport Pier, Staten Island. Amphibious warships like USS Oak Hill are globally deployable, agile and inherently survivable. They provide a credible deterrence, support active campaigning strategies and offer an option for the rapid aggregation of forward deployed forces to respond to the nation’s needs. #usnavy #usmc #uscg #ussoa

The USS Fort McHenry - a Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship - receives fuel and supplies from the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Laramie during a replenishment-at-sea. Fort McHenry is making a scheduled deployment as part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group in support of maritime security operations, crisis response and theater security cooperation, while also providing a forward naval presence. | Military Machine

Have you ever been OC sprayed? Sailors aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) participate in oleoresin capsaicin (OC) spray qualification on the ship's flight deck during Security Reaction Force - Basic training. Ashland is in Yokosuka for a training availability, and to complete shipboard assessments and certifications. Video by MC3 Jonathan Clay | All Hands Magazine