0901296692A-042 SEA OF JAPAN (Jan. 29, 2009) Sailors aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) tend mooring lines to secure Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1627 from Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 1 during well deck operations as Tortuga departs Naval Facility White Beach, Okinawa to participate in Exercise Cobra Gold 09. Cobra Gold is an annual military exercise co-sponsored by Thailand and the United States to train Thai, and Singaporean Coalition Task Force personnel. Navy

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