Marine Corps Cpl. Miranda Bouska, with Fixed Wing Marine Attack Squadron 211, and deployed to the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), applies sealant on the cockpit of a AV-8B Harrier aircraft in the ship's hanger bay while the ship is underway in the Coral Sea on July 11, 2009. The 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 command.

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