Caption:
USS ESSEX, At Sea -- Hospital Corpsman 1st Class (SW) Wyeth S.
Daniel and Sailors assigned to amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD
2) man the rails after a successful completion of Fall Patrol 2007,
Dec. 11. USS Essex is the only forward-deployed amphibious assault ship
and serves Task Force 76, the Navy's only forward-deployed amphibious
force. Task Force 76 is headquartered at White Beach Naval Facility,
Okinawa, Japan, with an operating detachment in Sasebo, Japan. U.S.
Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class (AW) Christian
Lemus (RELEASED)
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