Keywords: Promotion ceremony at Christ the Redeemer statue 140808-N-TN557-175.jpg en Lt j g Juan C Benavides center assigned to the future amphibious assault ship USS America LHA 6 is promoted from Ensign to Lt j g in front of the Christ the Redeemer statue during a scheduled port visit 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 Lt Dawn Stankus/Released 2014-08-08 Lt Dawn Stankus https //www dvidshub net/image/1496085 140808-N-TN557-175 2014-08-11 11 56 RIO DE JANEIRO BR PD-USGov-Military-Navy MV-22B Osprey Crew of USS America LHA-6 Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |