U.S. Navy Seaman Jomel Bonner observes amphibious operations in the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) in the Philippine Sea Dec. 11, 2011. New Orleans and embarked Marines assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit were operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility as part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group.