GULF OF THAILAND (Feb 20, 2012)- A CH-46 Sea Knight drops cargo onto the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) during a replenishment at sea between Germantown, USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO-199) 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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