USS ESSEX (LHD 2), At Sea -- USS Essex (LHD 2) Deck department Sailors perform a stern-gate marriage with Landing Craft Utility 1631 to load mission essential supplies for their spring patrol. Essex is the lead ship of the only forward-deployed Expeditionary Strike Group and serves as the flagship for CTF 76, the Navy's 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 Photo by Mass Communication Specialist Second Class (SW) Joshua J. Wahl (Released) US Navy 0801
USS ESSEX (LHD 2), At Sea -- USS Essex (LHD 2) Deck department Sailors perform a stern-gate marriage with Landing Craft Utility 1631 to load mission essential supplies for their spring patrol. Essex is the lead ship of the only forward-deployed Expeditionary Strike Group and serves as the flagship for CTF 76, the Navy's 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 Photo by Mass Communication Specialist Second Class (SW) Joshua J. Wahl (Released) US Navy 080124-N-0807W-018 Sailors from the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) perform a stern-gate marriage with Landing Craft Utility 1631 to load mission essential supplies for their spring patrol
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