Houston Sailor Serves On the USS Bonhomme Richard
Style Magazine Newswire | 3/20/2017, 2:34 p.m.
EAST CHINA SEA (March 17, 2017) Quartermaster Seaman Daija "Stella" Anderson, from Houston, determines the global position of amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) using a sextant, an instrument which measures the angle between the horizon and celestial bodies. Bonhomme Richard, flagship of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group, with embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), is on a routine patrol, operating in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region to enhance warfighting readiness and posture forward as a ready-response force for any type of contingency. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Jesse Marquez Magallanes/Released)