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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
Valiant Shield 2010, US Navy Photogrpah
Chief Petty Officer Brian Garfield, a logistics specialist, bows his head in prayer during the chief petty officer pinning ceremony aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2). Essex i... More
Lance Cpl. Shaun W. Deibert assigned to Marine Attack
Lance Cpl. Shaun W. Deibert assigned to Marine Attack Squadron 542 cleans the canopy of an AV-8B Harrier jet aircraft on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex is part... More
Airman Nicole M. Calvery, aviation ordnanceman, loads
Airman Nicole M. Calvery, aviation ordnanceman, loads ammunition into an M-240B machine gun during a live-fire exercise aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex is part of the forwar... More
The aircraft carrier USS George Washington transits
The aircraft carrier USS George Washington transits the East China Sea. George Washington is participating in Keen Sword 2010 with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force through Dec. 10.
Cpl. Lauren L. Colantropo, left, performs drill movements
Cpl. Lauren L. Colantropo, left, performs drill movements while being evaluated by Sgt. Chad J. Beard in the hangar bay of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex is part of the forward-de... More
Sailors and Marines stand in formation during an award
Sailors and Marines stand in formation during an award ceremony aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex is part of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group on patrol in the western Pacific Ocean.
An AV-8B Harrier jet aircraft assigned to Marine Attack
An AV-8B Harrier jet aircraft assigned to Marine Attack Squadron 542 lands on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex is part of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group and is ... More
USS Essex, US Navy Photogrpah
Lance Cpl. Dylan Beorth, assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, reassembles an M-240 machine gun aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2). Essex is part of the forward-depl... More
A Marine assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary
A Marine assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit fast ropes onto the port aircraft elevator of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex is part of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group on... More
An SA-330J Puma helicopter places supplies on the flight
An SA-330J Puma helicopter places supplies on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Essex during a vertical replenishment with the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Richar... More
Fire Controlman 2nd Class Stephen M. Woodall monitors
Fire Controlman 2nd Class Stephen M. Woodall monitors a radar console in the combat information center of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex during a detect-to-engage exercise. Essex is part... 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
Petty Officer 1st Class Justin L. McCray, aviation
Petty Officer 1st Class Justin L. McCray, aviation ordnanceman (right), instructs Seaman Eric C. Bell, aviation ordnance airman, on the correct use of a M-240B machine gun during a live-fire exercise aboard the... 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, swims toward a training dummy duri... More
Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious
Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver conduct a foreign object debris walk down on the ship's flight deck. Denver is part of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group and is ... More
Petty Officer 1st Class Darrio L. Davis watches an
Petty Officer 1st Class Darrio L. Davis watches an AV-8B Harrier jet aircraft assigned to Marine Attack Squadron 542 land aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex is part of the forw... 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 forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex to deliver humanitarian and disaster relief supplies. E... More
Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Fuel) 1st Class Joseph C.
Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Fuel) 1st Class Joseph C. Determan carries a fuel hose across the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex is part of the Essex Amphibious Ready Gr... More
Marines and sailors transport GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided
Marines and sailors transport GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided bombs across the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex is part of the forward-deployed Essex Amphibious Ready ... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric C. Haymes, hospital corpsman,
Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric C. Haymes, hospital corpsman, assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fast ropes onto the port aircraft elevator of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. E... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Edward P. Oyola cleans an M-240B
Petty Officer 2nd Class Edward P. Oyola cleans an M-240B machine gun in the armory of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex is part of the forward-deployed Essex Amphibious Ready Group a... 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
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
Airman Nicole M. Calvery, aviation ordnanceman, fires
Airman Nicole M. Calvery, aviation ordnanceman, fires a M-240B machine gun during a live-fire exercise aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex is part of the forward-deployed Essex ... 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
Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious
Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver look on as Denver pulls alongside the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Matthew Perry before a replen... More
Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 2nd Class Mark
Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 2nd Class Mark Anthony R. Padrigo, assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex, gives the signals as an AV-8B Harrier assigned to Marine Attack Squadr... More
USS Denver in the East China Sea
Flight deck personnel assigned to the amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver wait to accept their first aircraft of the deployment in the East China Sea Sept. 28, 2011. Denver was conducting operations in th... More
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Vice Adm. Kenichi
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Vice Adm. Kenichi Kuramoto walks through rainbow sideboys aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington. George Washington is participating in Keen Sword 2010 with the Japa... 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
Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious
Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex prepare for a detect-to-engage scenario in the ship's combat information center. Essex is part of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group and ... 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, is lowered from the forecastle dur... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua B. Cary, aviation support
Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua B. Cary, aviation support equipment technician, carries a CO2 fire extinguisher onto the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver during cras... More