{"id":4806,"date":"2012-03-07T03:52:35","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T03:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newspaper.ctsi-logistics.com\/?p=4806"},"modified":"2012-03-07T03:52:35","modified_gmt":"2012-03-07T03:52:35","slug":"uss-bonhomme-richard-makes-brief-stop-in-guam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/uss-bonhomme-richard-makes-brief-stop-in-guam\/","title":{"rendered":"USS Bonhomme Richard makes brief stop in Guam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/imgupload\/issx9999ns117065.jpg\" alt=\"PACIFIC OCEAN (March 3, 2012) The amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) pulls in to Apra Harbor Guam for a brief port visit March 3. The ship is currently in the middle of a scheduled deployment for its upcoming hull swap with USS Essex (LHD 2) in Japan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist MC2 (SW) Corwin Colbert\/Released)\" width=\"100\" height=\"66\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0 <strong>By DUKE RICHARDSON<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Mass Communication Specialist<br \/>\nUSS Bonhomme Richard Public Affairs<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>SANTA RITA, Guam<\/strong>-The amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard made a brief port call to Guam on March 3. The stop gave crew members and embarked Marines the opportunity to relax, unwind, and enjoy some tropical sights.<\/p>\n<p>While a good portion of the crew took a well-deserved break from operations, work was still in full swing for others as the ship received supplies and fuel for its journey to the Far East.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis visit to Guam gave our sailors and Marines the chance to visit a portion of the United States that most people within the 50 states won&#8217;t ever get the chance to see,\u201d said Capt. Chuck. Litchfield, Bonhomme Richard&#8217;s commanding officer. \u201cIt also gave the ship a chance to take on fuel and supplies and to bring aboard personnel from [Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25 search and rescue] detachment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI definitely had fun spending time on the beach,\u201d said Aviation Boatswains Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Nicole Gonzalez. \u201cThis was my first time visiting Guam and it was great to check out different areas with some friends from the ship. We didn&#8217;t have that much time here but I still enjoyed it and wouldn&#8217;t mind coming back one day on vacation to see more of Guam.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>USS Bonhomme Richard is currently in the middle of a scheduled deployment for its upcoming hull swap with USS Essex in Japan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 By DUKE RICHARDSON Mass Communication Specialist USS Bonhomme Richard Public Affairs SANTA RITA, Guam-The&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pacific"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4806\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}