Keywords: Women's Equality Day observance 140822-N-MD297-032.jpg en Chief select Legalman Alicia Mares reads some of the contributions to women ™s equality made by Loretta Perfectus Walsh the Navy ™s first female chief petty officer during the ship ™s Women ™s Equality Day observance held aboard future amphibious assault ship USS America LHA 6 Crewmembers celebrated the occasion by reading facts about a few of the women and men who helped advance women ™s equality 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/Released 2014-08-22 Petty Officer 3rd Class Huey Younger https //www dvidshub net/image/1519031 140822-N-MD297-032 2014-08-22 23 43 USS AMERICA AT SEA PD-USGov-Military-Navy MV-22B Osprey USS America LHA-6 Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |