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070823-N-6710M-007 SASEBO, Japan (Aug 23, 2007) - An MH-60S Seahawk prepares to land on the flight deck aboard dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) while conducting flight operations in preparations for the shipÕs fall patrol. Tortuga is serving under Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7/Task Force 76, the NavyÕs only permanently forward-deployed amphibious force. ESG 7/Task Force 76 is headquartered at White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan, with an operating detachment in Sasebo, Japan. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist Seaman Brandon Myrick (RELEASED) US Navy 0708
070823-N-6710M-007 SASEBO, Japan (Aug 23, 2007) - An MH-60S Seahawk prepares to land on the flight deck aboard dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) while conducting flight operations in preparations for the shipÕs fall patrol. Tortuga is serving under Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7/Task Force 76, the NavyÕs only permanently forward-deployed amphibious force. ESG 7/Task Force 76 is headquartered at White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan, with an operating detachment in Sasebo, Japan. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist Seaman Brandon Myrick (RELEASED) US Navy 070823-N-6710M-007 An MH-60S Seahawk prepares to land on the flight deck aboard dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) while conducting flight operations in preparations for the ship%%5Ersquo,s fall patrol
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