U.S. Navy Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class John Hardy, assigned to the newly commissioned amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), paints an exterior wall at a children's home in Valparaiso, Chile, Aug. 26, 2014, during a community relations project. The America embarked on a mission to conduct training engagements with partner nations throughout the Americas before reporting to its new home port of San Diego. The America was set to be ceremoniously commissioned Oct. 11, 2014.