File:USS Essex Thailand.jpg

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Summary

The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) performs a stern-gate marriage with Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1631, assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 1 while back loading elements of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit while off the coast of Thailand after completing Cobra Gold 2008 (CG08) June 9, 2008. CG08 is a Thai/U.S.-sponsored military exercise designed to enhance interoperability between joint U.S. forces and the combined forces of U.S., Thai, Singaporean, Japanese and Indonesian military. Essex is the lead ship of the only forward-deployed U.S. Expeditionary Strike Group and serves as the flagship for 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 photograph by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Kari R. Bergman/Released)

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current03:31, 4 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 03:31, 4 January 20172,310 × 1,540 (1.51 MB)127.0.0.1 (talk)The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS <i>Essex</i> (LHD 2) performs a stern-gate marriage with Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1631, assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 1 while back loading elements of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit while off the coast of Thailand after completing Cobra Gold 2008 (CG08) June 9, 2008. CG08 is a Thai/U.S.-sponsored military exercise designed to enhance interoperability between joint U.S. forces and the combined forces of U.S., Thai, Singaporean, Japanese and Indonesian military. <i>Essex</i> is the lead ship of the only forward-deployed U.S. Expeditionary Strike Group and serves as the flagship for 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 photograph by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Kari R. Bergman/Released)
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