Navy Lt. David Waner gives positive feedback to Airman Myriam Miller as she completes a spot check aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) in the Gulf of Thailand on Feb. 12, 2009. The Essex is the lead ship of the Essex Expeditionary Strike Group and serves as the flagship for Command Task Force 76, the Navy's only forward-deployed amphibious force commander.

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