GULF OF THAILAND (Feb 20, 2012)- A Sailors aboard the USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO-199) attaches a cargo net to a CH-46 Sea Knight during a replenishment at sea with the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) and USS Tortuga (LSD 46). Germantown, with embarked elements of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU,) is currently underway after participating in Exercise Cobra Gold 2012, an annual co-sponsored joint and multinational exercise designed to advance security throughout the Asia-Pacific region and enhance interoperability with participating nations.
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