Seaman Sean Lee, from Miami, assigned to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48), (left) asks Vice Adm. Tom Rowden, commander, Naval Surface Forces, a question during an all-hands call aboard the ship. Adm. Rowden is visiting Fleet Activities Sasebo (Japan), where many of the forward-deployed Amphibious Force Seventh Fleet are stationed, to better understand forward-deployed readiness challenges and share the tenets of the new surface force strategy.
(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Raymond D. Diaz III/Released)
