ship entered an Extended Docking Phased Maintenance Availability (EDPMA) to complete her midlife overhaul. After numerous extensions due to unplanned growth work, Pearl Harbor completed her extensive overhaul in May 2016. The ship participated in Southern California Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) in July 2016 where it supported amphibious operations in conjunction with Australian, Canadian, Japanese, and German coalition partners under command of CDR Judd Krier. In July 2017, Pearl Harbor departed on WESTPAC 17-2 as a part of the 15th MEU. Their main mission was the supporting of Operation Inherent Resolve. Pearl Harbor decomposited stateside on 7 March 2018. In August of 2021, Pearl Harbor deployed with and her amphibious readiness group (ARG) and the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The mission was in support of Operation Freedom's Sentinel and Operation Inherent Resolve for the Withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan (2020–2021). Pearl Harbor participated in theater amphibious combat rehearsals in Kuwait, Bahrain, Pakistan, Djibouti, and Somalia. While also operating with joint maritime forces of allied countries such as Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Israel. The ARG then headed to the 7th Fleet in January, where the group teamed up with the Carrier Strike Group One in the South China Sea for expeditionary strike force operations. Planned decommissioning It is currently planned for Pearl Harbor to be decommissioned, and placed in the Reserve Fleet sometime in 2024. Notes External links Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ships Amphibious warfare vessels of the United States Ships built in Bridge City, Louisiana 1996 ships