Capt. Wayne Liebold, commanding officer of amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), speaks to Essex Sailors during an all hands call on the flight deck in San Diego, Jan. 30, 2024. Essex is homeported in San Diego, conducting a maintenance period to upgrade and refurbish many key systems aboard.

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Keywords: amphibious, essex, lhd, lhd2, navy