Republic of Korea Navy Rear Adm. Chun Jung-soo, front, salutes as he passes the U.S. Navy sideboys after arriving aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) in the East China Sea March 27, 2014. The Bonhomme Richard was the flagship of the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group and was participating in exercise Ssang Yong 14, a combined U.S.-South Korean combat readiness and joint/combined interoperability exercise designed to advance South Korean command and control capabilities through amphibious operations.