PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 7, 2022) From left to right, Senior Chief Intelligence Specialist Tammy Hinds, Quartermaster Seaman Hannah White, Capt. Aaron Taylor, commanding officer of Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), and Seaman Shermeka Slinger cut a cake to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Z-Gram 116 instruction aboard Essex, Aug. 7, 2022. Essex is underway conducting routine operations in 3rd Fleet.

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