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Caption:
Subic Bay, Philippines (Feb. 17, 2006) -- The dock landing ship USS
Harpers Ferry (LSD 49), right, and amphibious assault ship USS Essex
(LHD 2) prepare to get underway shortly after arriving in Subic Bay,
Philippines. Both ships were ordered back to sea, and are en route to
the Philippine Island of Leyte, to provide much needed humanitarian
assistance for the victims of a devastating landslide. Both ships
are part of the Forward Deployed Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), the
Navy's only forward-deployed amphibious force, homeported in Sasebo,
Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 2nd Class Brian P. Biller
(RELEASED)
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