Capt. Cathal O'Connor, commander Amphibious Squadron

Capt. Cathal O'Connor, commander Amphibious Squadron Eleven, left, Col. John Merna, commanding officer of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and Capt. Daniel Dusek, commanding officer of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), address Japanese and Guam based media during a press conference aboard amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). The Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group, along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is participating in a certification exercise. CERTEX is an evaluated event that focuses on the BHR ARG and 31st MEU's capabilities of doing certain missions such as humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations or non-combatant evacuation operations.