Master Chief Quartermaster Stephanie Kotatis, left, of Sayreville, and Chief Hospital Corpsman Maria Roberts, of McAllen, Texas, pause for a photo prior to a Women’s History Month celebration on the mess deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) in the Philippine Sea on March 28. Bonhomme Richard is operating in the Indo-Pacific region as part of a regularly scheduled patrol and provides a rapid-response capability in the event of a regional contingency or natural disaster.
