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Caption:
CORAL SEA (July 7, 2009) -- Sailors and Marines assigned to amphibious
assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) prepares to lift a T-64 Turbo shaft
engine with a hanger bay crane. Essex is the lead ship of the only
forward-deployed expeditionary strike group and serves as the flagship
for Commander Task Force (CTF) 76, the Navy's only forward-deployed
amphibious force commander. Task Force 76 is headquartered at White
Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan, with a detachment in Sasebo,
Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class
Nardelito Gervacio (Released)
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