PACIFIC OCEAN (July 26, 2018) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Rene Cruz, from Seattle, reads a book to his child in the medical ward of San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Anchorage (LPD 23) during a regularly scheduled deployment of Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). The Essex ARG/MEU team is a strong and flexible force equipped and scalable to respond to any crisis ranging from humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to contingency operations.

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