150330-N-NP779-014 WATERS TO THE EAST OF THE KOREAN PENINSULA - Aviation Boatswain’s Mate Handling Airman Newton Armstrong, from Carson, Calif., a landing signalman enlisted, signals a departing helicopter from the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard. U.S. Sailors and Marines from the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group and the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit are participating in the Korean Marine Exchange Program in the Republic of Korea with the ROK Marine Corps and Navy. The Bonhomme Richard ARG is comprised of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard, the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay, the Whidbey-island class amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland and the embarked 31st MEU.