050406-N-2716P-006 Sasebo, Japan (Apr. 6, 2005) - Friends and family await their Sailors and Marines to disembark at the homecoming celebration of the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) on board Fleet Activities Sasebo, Japan. Essex returned from an eight-month deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), the Global War on Terrorism and Operation Unified Assistance, the disaster relief effort in Southeast Asia following the Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami. Navy photo by PhotographerÕs Mate 1st Class Paul J. Phelps (RELEASED) US Navy 050406-N-2716P-006 Friends and family await
050406-N-2716P-006 Sasebo, Japan (Apr. 6, 2005) - Friends and family await their Sailors and Marines to disembark at the homecoming celebration of the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) on board Fleet Activities Sasebo, Japan. Essex returned from an eight-month deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), the Global War on Terrorism and Operation Unified Assistance, the disaster relief effort in Southeast Asia following the Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami. Navy photo by PhotographerÕs Mate 1st Class Paul J. Phelps (RELEASED) US Navy 050406-N-2716P-006 Friends and family await their Sailors and Marines to disembark at the homecoming celebration of the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2)
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