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 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
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 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 Combined Task Force 76, the Navy's only forward-deployed amphibious force commander. CTF 76 is headquartered at White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan, with a detachment in Sasebo, Japan. Friendship building in Cambodia 68452
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