Bernado Tinoco from Dallas poses for an environmental portrait in front of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) July 16.Z (credit: Petty Officer 3rd Class Madysson Ritter)Fire teams consisting of four federal entities as well as more than 400 sailors from 12 San Diego-based ships fought the fire for four days. He also led a team to safely extract a sailor in need of medical attention from the ship.“When asked if this generation of men and women are capable of facing adversity and confronting dangerous situations head-on, just talk about the men and women of USS Bonhomme Richard, and you’ll lay that debate to rest,” said Tinoco.Lt. A total of seventeen Sailors and four other civilian personnel sustained non-life threatening injuries while onboard the USS Bonhomme Richard on Sunday. "China has moved out to sea, and they have long-range weapons and a lot of them," U.S. Marine Corps commandant Gen. David Berger To thwart Chinese planning, Berger called for the U.S. fleet to spread its combat power across a greater number of vessels, which themselves should spread out across a greater expanse of sea. China's first big-deck amphibious assault ship, a huge vessel that was built in a miraculously short amount of time, caught fire on Saturday, April 11th, 2020. The implications for the Navy, and for Washington’s long-delayed strategic “pivot” toward the Asia-Pacific region, could be serious and long-lasting.The fire likely has achieved what no foreign power has accomplished since 1945—destroying an American capital ship. On July 12 a fire broke out on the ship while it was moored pierside at Naval Base San Diego. On May 8, 2018, Bonhomme Richard returned to Naval Base San Diego after being forward deployed to Japan for the previous six years.Bonhomme Richard is currently going through a maintenance availability, which began in 2018.By viewing our video content, you are accepting the terms of our
Bernardo Tincoco, is a a supply officer on the amphibious assault ship.On July 12 a fire broke out on the ship while it was moored pierside at Naval Base San Diego. An amphibious group usually sails with one Sailors discuss the firefighting efforts as from multiple commands and Federal San Diego Besides costing potentially tens of millions of dollars, the changes to the yard schedule could increase wear and tear on existing ships, hastening their own decommissioning.The Pentagon’s regional commanders also will have less naval air power at their disposal as a consequence of the The Navy increasingly has deployed the modified assault ships as light carriers by embarking a dozen or more F-35s in place of the usual rotorcraft. Lt. j.g. On Jan. 17, 2003, Bonhomme Richard deployed with Amphibious Task Force – West, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and the Global War on Terrorism.On Feb. 14, 2012, Bonhomme Richard departed Naval Base San Diego for a two-month western Pacific deployment and a homeport shift to Sasebo, Japan. Three helicopter squadrons conducted more than 1,500 water bucket drops, fighting the fire and cooling the super structure and flight deck enabling fire crews to get aboard to fight the fire. Firefighters combat a fire aboard the amphibious assault ship USS 'Bonhomme Richard' on July 14. amphibious assault ship USS 'Bonhomme Richard' at Naval Base San Diego on July 14. "I'm in favor of things like the Lightning-carrier concept because I believe we need to tactically and operationally be ... unpredictable," Berger said.Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Assault ships embarking F-35s are a key capability for confronting a growing, and increasingly aggressive, Chinese fleet. On Friday, Navy personnel identified and quickly extinguished a "small" fire aboard Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), the Bonhomme Richard's sister ship which is …