0711284010S-286 PHNOM PENH, Kingdom of Cambodia (Nov. 28, 2007) Maj. Jeramy Green, assigned to the Command Element of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), searches through a bag of donated shoes for a young Cambodian boy. Essex and the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) are in Sihanoukville, Kingdom of Cambodia for a scheduled port visit that gives Sailors and Marines the opportunity to participate in friendship-building community relations events, medical and dental projects and professional exchanges. Essex is the lead ship of t
0711284010S-286 PHNOM PENH, Kingdom of Cambodia (Nov. 28, 2007) Maj. Jeramy Green, assigned to the Command Element of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), searches through a bag of donated shoes for a young Cambodian boy. Essex and the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) are in Sihanoukville, Kingdom of Cambodia for a scheduled port visit that gives Sailors and Marines the opportunity to participate in friendship-building community relations events, medical and dental projects and professional exchanges. Essex is the lead ship of the only forward-deployed Expeditionary Strike Group and serves as the flagship for CTF 76, the NavyХs only forward-deployed amphibious force commander. Task Force 76 is headquartered at White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan, with a detachment in Sasebo, Japan. Navy
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