0904176692A-049 SUBIC BAY, Philippines (April 17, 2009) Sailors aboard the Navy’s forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) and sailors of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Navy paint and repair the West Derita Elementary School in San Antonio, Zambales during a community service project. Tortuga is part of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group participating in Balikatan 2009, an annual combined, joint-bilateral exercise involving Military and Armed Forces of the Philippines personnel as well as subject matter experts from Philippine Civil Defense Agencies. Navy

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