Caption:
CORAL SEA (July 2, 2007) -- A landing craft air cushion (LCAC) prepares
to enter the well deck of dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) while
carrying supplies and cargo from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit.
Tortuga serves under Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7/Task Force
76, the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed amphibious force. ESG
7/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 Seaman Brandon Myrick
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