JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (Feb. 21, 2022) Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Bryan Vargas, a native of Utica, , assigned to Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), heaves line during a sea and anchor evolution aboard Essex, Feb. 21, 2022. Sailors and Marines of Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) are underway conducting routine operations in 3rd Fleet.

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Keywords: amphibious, essex, lhd, lhd2, navy