0906069950J-300 SASEBO, Japan (June 6, 2009) Essex Commanding Officer Capt. Brent Canady addresses the graduates during the 2009 King High School graduation ceremony aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2). Essex is commanded by Capt. Brent Canady and is the lead ship of the only forward-deployed Expeditionary Strike Group and serves as the flagship for CTF 76, the Navy's only forward-deployed amphibious force commander. Task Force 76 is headquartered at White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan, with a detachment in Sasebo, Japan.

---

Size: 1673px × 1195px
Photo credit: © Mil image / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -deployed, 76, amphibious, assault, ctf, essex, japan, lhd2, navy, sasebo