Flight deck personnel assigned to the forward-deployed
Flight deck personnel assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex watch a CH-53E Sea Stallion take off. Essex is part of the forward-deployed Essex Amphibious Ready Group and is participa... More
USS Essex action, US Navy Photogrpah
Aviation boatswain's mates clean wheel stop combing aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex is part of the forward-deployed Essex Amphibious Ready Group and is underway in the weste... More
An AS332 Super Puma helicopter delivers a pallet of
An AS332 Super Puma helicopter delivers a pallet of supplies onto the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex during a replenishment. Essex is part of the forward-deployed Essex Am... More
Landing craft utilities pass each other while transporting
Landing craft utilities pass each other while transporting equipment from the amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver. Denver is part of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group and is participating in amphibious lan... More
USS Essex, US Navy Photogrpah
Petty Officer 3rd Class Ricky Williams fires an M-16 rifle during qualification training on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex is part of the forward-deployed Essex... More
USS Essex During Keen Sword 2011
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and U.S. Navy sailors work in the flag plot aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) during Keen Sword 2011. Essex is part of the forward-deployed ... More
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit load sea bags during exercise Cobra Gold 2011. The 31st MEU and the Essex Amphibious Ready Group are participating in Exercise Cobra Gold 2011, a U.S. and ... More
Solid Curtain-Citadel Shield
Wilbur McClendon checks the pulse of Master-at-Arms 1st Class Thomas McDonald, an active-shooter exercise participant, during a Solid Curtain-Citadel Shield evolution at Naval Air Station Meridian. The regularl... More
Sailors and Marines assigned to the forward-deployed
Sailors and Marines assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver heave around on a line during a replenishment at sea with the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition shi... More
Flight deck personnel assigned to the forward-deployed
Flight deck personnel assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver (LPD 9) wait to accept their first aircraft of the deployment. Denver is part of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group... More
Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 3rd Class David
Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 3rd Class David Neiman rings the bell of the attack cargo ship USS Yancey (AKA-93) in honor of the Navy's 237th birthday. The bell ringing serves as a reminder of history, h... More
Valiant Shield 2010, US Navy Photogrpah
An AV-8B Harrier jet, assigned to Marine Attack Squadron 542, prepares to land on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex is part of the forward-deployed Essex Amphibiou... More
A CH-53E Sea Stallion helicopter assigned to Marine
A CH-53E Sea Stallion helicopter assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262, takes off from the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex is part of the forward-deploye... More
An AV-8B Harrier jet aircraft assigned to Marine Attack
An AV-8B Harrier jet aircraft assigned to Marine Attack Squadron 542 takes off from the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex is part of the forward-deployed Essex Amphibious Ready Group and... More
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit run on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2). Essex is part of the forward-deployed Essex Amphibious Ready Grou... More
Marines position humanitarian assistance supplies on
Marines position humanitarian assistance supplies on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex, with the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operating off the coas... More
Gunnery Sgt. Sam Carnes, left, and a member of the
Gunnery Sgt. Sam Carnes, left, and a member of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force direct the movement of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief supplies unloaded from a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter assi... More
Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious
Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex prepare to launch helicopters loaded with humanitarian assistance supplies. USS Essex is off the coast of Japan providing humanitarian ... More
An SH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter transporting Vice Adm.
An SH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter transporting Vice Adm. Scott Van Buskirk, commander of the U.S. 7th Fleet and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Vice Adm. Kenichi Kuramoto, lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ge... More
A ceremonial color guard parades the colors during
A ceremonial color guard parades the colors during a college graduation ceremony at the Community and Education Center at Fleet Activities Sasebo.
Marines assigned to Combat Logistics Regiment 3 inspect
Marines assigned to Combat Logistics Regiment 3 inspect flood relief equipment offloaded from the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga here Nov 28. The III Marine Expeditionary Force Flood ... More
Sailors assigned to Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON) 11
Sailors assigned to Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON) 11 watch students from San Esteban Elementary School perform a traditional La Sota Cabargon folk dance during a community outreach event. PHIBRON-11 Sailors and... More
Sailors prepare an AV-8B Harrier jet aircraft assigned
Sailors prepare an AV-8B Harrier jet aircraft assigned to Marine Attack Squadron 542 for take-off from the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex is part of the forward-deployed Essex Amphibi... More
Machinists Mate Fireman Jessica Fernandez reviews an
Machinists Mate Fireman Jessica Fernandez reviews an engineering operations manual during a damage control drill aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2). Essex is part of the forwa... More
USS Denver. Warship photograph collection
The forward-deployed amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver undergoes minor repairs at Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo. Denver is preparing for its 2010 fall patrol.
Soto Dam Memorial, US Navy Photogrpah
Japanese nationals climb the steps of the Soto Dam Memorial during a ceremony for the American prisoners of war and Japanese citizens that perished during the construction of the dam. The Sasebo Chief Petty Off... More
Capt. Tabitha Jones, USMCR, reveals the sign naming
Capt. Tabitha Jones, USMCR, reveals the sign naming the Marine obstacle course in honor of her grandfather, Cpl. Sylvester Hood Sr., Nov. 8, 2013. Hood who was a Montford Point Marine - one of the first 20,000 ... More
A CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter carrying humanitarian
A CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter carrying humanitarian assistance supplies takes off from the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex, with the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operat... More
Retired Gunnery Sgt. Don Alderson sings cadence as
Retired Gunnery Sgt. Don Alderson sings cadence as Navy Junior ROTC members march in formation after a drill competition at Naval Air Station Meridian, Miss. More than 130 Navy Junior ROTC members participated ... More
Ensign Crispin L. Cristal, right, of the Armed Forces
Ensign Crispin L. Cristal, right, of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, tries to beat a throw home during a pickup softball game at San Esteban Elementary School during a community outreach event. PHIBRON-11 ... More
USS Essex action, US Navy Photogrpah
Petty Officer 3rd Class Kevin Bell, quartermaster, plots a course in the chart room of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex is part of the forward-deployed Essex Amphibious Ready Group ... More
Seaman Recruit Michael A. Barbosa casts a mooring line
Seaman Recruit Michael A. Barbosa casts a mooring line as the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex moors at White Beach Naval Facility. Essex is completing a three-month patrol in the western Paci... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua B. Cary, aviation support
Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua B. Cary, aviation support equipment technician, carries a charged hose across the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver during crash and sa... More
Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious
Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga prepare to move a cargo container while offloading Combat Logistics Regiment 3 equipment which will be used for flood relief he... More
The forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS
The forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) returns to Fleet Activities Sasebo after its summer patrol in the western Pacific Ocean.
Boatswain's Mate Seaman Derek Willis heaves around
Boatswain's Mate Seaman Derek Willis heaves around on a mooring line on the forecastle of the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga. Tortuga is on deployment in the Western Pacific.
Lt. Scott Purcell supervises sea and anchor detail
Lt. Scott Purcell supervises sea and anchor detail from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex is part of the forward-deployed Essex Amphibious Ready Group and is underway in the wester... More
Chief Petty Officer Corey B. Daniel, assigned to Assault
Chief Petty Officer Corey B. Daniel, assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 5, salutes while passing through side boys during a chief petty officer pinning ceremony at Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo. Daniel w... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Stefane Farmer, boatswain's
Petty Officer 2nd Class Stefane Farmer, boatswain's mate, throws a heaving line from the fantail of the forward-deployed amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver. Denver is part of the Essex Amphibious Ready G... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Travis L. Trotter, aviation
Petty Officer 3rd Class Travis L. Trotter, aviation boatswain's mate (handling), tracks pallets delivered by vertical replenishment to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex during a replenishme... More
Operations Specialist 3rd Class Peterjohn N. Delacruz
Operations Specialist 3rd Class Peterjohn N. Delacruz monitors a radar console in the combat information center of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex during a detect-to-engage exercise. Esse... More
Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious
Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga attach cables to a cargo container while offloading Combat Logistics Regiment 3 equipment used for flood relief here Nov 28. The... More
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct weapons training in the hangar bay of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2). Essex is part of the forward-deployed Essex a... More
Airman Luis F. Campos, aviation boatswain's mate (handling),
Airman Luis F. Campos, aviation boatswain's mate (handling), removes his helmet after participating in crash and salvage endurance training on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious transport dock s... More
Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious
Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga offload a tractor, rubber-tired articulated steering, multi-purpose vehicle assigned to Combat Logistics Regiment 3 which will b... More
Flight deck personnel assigned to the forward-deployed
Flight deck personnel assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex reposition AV-8B Harrier aircraft assigned to Marine Attack Squadron 214. Essex is part of the Essex Amphibious Ready Gro... More
Marines assigned to Combat Logistics Regiment 3 use
Marines assigned to Combat Logistics Regiment 3 use a tractor, rubber-tired articulated steering, multi-purpose vehicle to organize flood relief equipment offloaded from the forward-deployed amphibious dock lan... More
Foreign object debris walk-down
Sailors assigned to the Austin-class amphibious transport dock USS Denver (LPD 9) conduct a foreign object debris walk-down. Denver is deployed conducting humanitarian operations off the coast of Taiwan to prov... More
USS Essex, US Navy Photogrpah
Lance Cpl. Tristan J. Hunter, assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, watches over Marine equipment in the hangar bay of the forward deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) before a training ... More
An AV-8B Harrier jet aircraft assigned to the Tigers
An AV-8B Harrier jet aircraft assigned to the Tigers Marine Attack Squadron 542 prepare to land aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex is participating in exercise Keen Sword 2011 ... More
Airman Jeremy J. New gives the OK signal as an AV-8B
Airman Jeremy J. New gives the OK signal as an AV-8B Harrier jet aircraft assigned to Marine Attack Squadron 542 takes off from the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex is part of the Essex... More
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit load sea bags into a truck during exercise Cobra Gold 2011. The 31st MEU and the Essex Amphibious Ready Group are participating in Exercise Cobra Gold 2011... More
Arjen Lajendijk, left, president of the Mississippi
Arjen Lajendijk, left, president of the Mississippi Council of the Navy League, joins Capt. Tabitha Jones, granddaughter of Cpl. Sylvester Hood Sr., Capt. Charles C. Moore II, commanding officer of NAS Meridian... More
A Marine assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary
A Marine assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit ties down sea bags during exercise Cobra Gold 2011. The 31st MEU and the Essex Amphibious Ready Group are participating in Exercise Cobra Gold 2011, a U.S... More
Petty Officer 1st Class Justin L. McCray, aviation
Petty Officer 1st Class Justin L. McCray, aviation ordnanceman, replaces the barrel of a M-240B machine gun during a live-fire exercise aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex is pa... More
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit participate in physical training aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex is part of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group on patrol... More
A landing craft air cushion carrying equipment assigned
A landing craft air cushion carrying equipment assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit approaches the well deck of the forward-deployed amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver. Denver is part of the Es... More
USS Essex action, US Navy Photogrpah
An AV-8B Harrier jet aircraft assigned to Marine Attack Squadron 542 prepares to land aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex is part of the forward-deployed Essex Amphibious Ready ... More
An SA-330J Puma helicopter moves cargo from the Military
An SA-330J Puma helicopter moves cargo from the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Richard E. Byrd to the amphibious assault ship USS Essex during a vertical replenishment. The Essex Am... More
Ensign John Perry, center, receives medical treatment
Ensign John Perry, center, receives medical treatment during an exercise which simulated a T-45C Goshawk training aircraft crash at Naval Air Station Meridian. Emergency management, safety, security, and fire a... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Kevin J. Satorius, machinist's
Petty Officer 2nd Class Kevin J. Satorius, machinist's mate, conducts a bottom sediment and water test on diesel fuel marine in the oil lab aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex i... More
CH-53E Sea Stallion helicopters assigned to Marine
CH-53E Sea Stallion helicopters assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 prepare to take off from the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex to deliver humanitarian assistance supplies. Ess... More
Firefighters/EMTs Mark Nixon, left, and Will Pearson
Firefighters/EMTs Mark Nixon, left, and Will Pearson prepare to load Ensign John Perry into an ambulance during a T-45C Goshawk training aircraft crash exercise at Naval Air Station Meridian. Emergency manageme... More
Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious
Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex watch as the guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon connects to a fuel probe as part of an annual certification. Essex is part of the ... More
Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious
Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga offload a tractor, rubber-tired articulated steering, multi-purpose vehicle assigned to Combat Logistics Regiment 3 which will b... More
Ultimate Fighting Championship fighters Rich Franklin
Ultimate Fighting Championship fighters Rich Franklin and Joe Stevenson demonstrate grappling techniques during a mixed martial arts training clinic at the Fleet Fitness Complex at Fleet Activities Sasebo. The ... More
A landing craft utility approaches the well deck of
A landing craft utility approaches the well deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex to offload vehicles from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. Essex is completing a three-month patrol i... More
Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious
Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex carry chains onto a landing craft utility during a stern gate marriage. Essex is completing a three-month patrol in the western Pacific... More
A CH-53E Sea Stallion helicopter assigned to Marine
A CH-53E Sea Stallion helicopter assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262, takes off from the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex is part of the forward-deploye... More
Rear Adm. Richard Landolt, commander of Amphibious
Rear Adm. Richard Landolt, commander of Amphibious Force U.S 7th Fleet, walks through rainbow sideboys aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington. George Washington is participating in Keen Sword 2010 wi... More
StormReady designation - A man in a military uniform presenting a plaq...
Alan Gerard, left, National Weather Service-Jackson meteorologist in charge, presents a plaque to Capt. Charles C. Moore II, commanding officer of Naval Air Station Meridian, designating the air station as a St... More
Chief Petty Officer Raymond E. Smith, quartermaster,
Chief Petty Officer Raymond E. Smith, quartermaster, uses an azimuth circle from the port bridge wing of the forward-deployed amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver before a replenishment at sea with the Mil... More
A CH-53E Sea Stallion assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter
A CH-53E Sea Stallion assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265 prepares to land aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex is part of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group and is c... More
Firefighter/EMT Mark Nixon, right, observes Ensign
Firefighter/EMT Mark Nixon, right, observes Ensign John Perry during transport as part of T-45C Goshawk training aircraft crash exercise at Naval Air Station Meridian. Emergency management, safety, security, an... More
Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious
Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga prepare to move a cargo container while offloading Combat Logistics Regiment 3 equipment. Tortuga is taking part in recovery ass... More
Seaman Nathanial Bird, assigned to the forward-deployed
Seaman Nathanial Bird, assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga), attaches a cable to a cargo container while offloading Combat Logistics Regiment 3 equipment here Nov 28. The I... More
A landing craft air cushion carrying equipment assigned
A landing craft air cushion carrying equipment assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit approaches the well deck of the forward-deployed amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver as the amphibious dock la... More
Lance Cpl. Lucas Rucker, assigned to the 31st Marine
Lance Cpl. Lucas Rucker, assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, directs a high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle out of the amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex is participating in amphibious l... More
Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious
Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga offload a tractor, rubber-tired articulated steering, multipurpose vehicle assigned to Combat Logistics Regiment 3. Tortuga is ... More
Seaman Apprentice Luis Silva repairs a Kevlar mooring
Seaman Apprentice Luis Silva repairs a Kevlar mooring line on the forecastle of the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga. Tortuga is on deployment in the Western Pacific.
Seaman Nicholas D. Done maintains an aircraft status
Seaman Nicholas D. Done maintains an aircraft status board aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex is part of the forward-deployed Essex Amphibious Ready Group and is on patrol in t... More
typhoon Juan, US Navy Photogrpah
First Lt. Dimitri Stepanoff, left, assigned to the Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 262, and a Philippine citizen unload foodstuffs from a Ch-46E Sea Stallion helicopter. HMM-262 helicopters inserted mem... More
Community service project
Sailors assigned to Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo help Japanese nationals remove trash from Kashimae Beach during a community service project.
Capt. Daniel C. Grieco, left, executive officer of
Capt. Daniel C. Grieco, left, executive officer of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington shows the ship's forecastle to Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Vice Adm. Hiroo Hatanaka. George Washington is part... More
Sailors assigned to White Beach Naval Facility heave
Sailors assigned to White Beach Naval Facility heave mooring lines from the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex is completing a three-month patrol in the western Pacific Ocean that include... More
Line handlers secure the forward-deployed amphibious
Line handlers secure the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex to a pier at White Beach Naval Facility.
A landing craft utility approaches the well deck of
A landing craft utility approaches the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver in preparation for a stern gate marriage. Denver is part of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group and is participatin... More
The forward-deployed amphibious transport dock ship
The forward-deployed amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver prepares to moor at White Beach Naval Facility, Japan. Denver is part of the forward-deployed Amphibious Squadron 11 and is on-loading elements of... More
Acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy,
Acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy, Installations and Environment) Roger Natsuhara uses a flight simulator at Naval Air Station Meridian. Natsuhara's first visit to Meridian included a tour of base ... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan A. Simmons, electronics
Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan A. Simmons, electronics technician and a search and rescue swimmer assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver, prepares to enter the water during... More
An MH-60S Knighthawk lifts off from a temporary landing
An MH-60S Knighthawk lifts off from a temporary landing zone in Min Chuan, Taiwan, leaving behind a crew of Marines to manage inbound earthmovers Aug. 19, 2009. The MH-60S and other Navy helicopters embarked ab... More
An AV-8B Harrier jet aircraft assigned to Marine Attack
An AV-8B Harrier jet aircraft assigned to Marine Attack Squadron 542 prepares to land aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex is part of the forward-deployed Essex Amphibious Ready ... More
USS Essex in Japan, US Navy Photogrpah
Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex move ordnance during an ammunition onload. Essex is part of the forward-deployed Essex Amphibious Ready Group and is on patrol in the w... More
A Japanese man moves a pallet of humanitarian assistance
A Japanese man moves a pallet of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief supplies from a CH-53E Sea Stallion helicopter from the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex is operating off th... More
USS Denver in the East China Sea
Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver conduct a rigid hull inflatable boat recovery during a man overboard drill. Denver is part of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group.
Operations Specialist Seaman Recruit Alexander D. Rumpf
Operations Specialist Seaman Recruit Alexander D. Rumpf monitors a radar console in the combat information center of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex during a detect-to-engage exercise. Es... More
Airman Recruit Jeremy J. New, aviation boatswain's
Airman Recruit Jeremy J. New, aviation boatswain's mate (handling), assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex, stows tie-down chains after removing them from a CH-46E Sea Knight. Essex ... More
Marine aviation ordnancemen move away from a AV-8B
Marine aviation ordnancemen move away from a AV-8B Harrier jet aircraft after arming a GBU-12 Paveway II laser guided bomb on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex is ... More
Marines load humanitarian assistance supplies into
Marines load humanitarian assistance supplies into a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex, with the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary... More
The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Houston
The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Houston takes part in a photo exercise at the conclusion of exercise Keen Sword 2011. The exercise enhances the Japan-U.S. alliance which remains a key strategic relat... More