0709127376A-002 SASEBO, Japan (Sept. 12, 2007) - Sailors assigned to deck department aboard amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) paint the hull of the ship during a selective restrictive availability maintenance period. Essex is the Navy's only permanently forward deployed amphibious assault ship and is the flagship for the Sasebo, Japan-based Essex Expeditionary Strike Group, which serves under Commander, Task Force 76. Navy

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