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 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
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
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
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
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
Cpl. Geoffrey M. Mester, assigned to the 31st Marine
Cpl. Geoffrey M. Mester, assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, participates in weapons training in the hangar bay of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2). Essex is part of t... 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit participate in small-arms weapons training in the hangar bay of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex is part of the Essex Amphibio... 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
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
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
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
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
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit debark the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex is completing a three-month patrol in the western Pacific Ocean that included particip... More
A 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit seven-ton truck embarks
A 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit seven-ton truck embarks a landing craft utility from the well deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex is completing a three-month patrol in the wes... 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
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
Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious
Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex lower an aircraft elevator after mooring at White Beach Naval Facility. Essex is completing a three-month patrol in the western Pacific... 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
Lance Cpl. Doug Hale, assigned to the 31st Marine
Lance Cpl. Doug Hale, assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, participates in small-arms weapons training in the hangar bay of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex is part of th... 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 sailor assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious
A sailor assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex watches the ship moor at White Beach Naval Facility. Essex is completing a three-month patrol in the western Pacific Ocean that includ... More
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit exercise 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... More
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit practice land navigation techniques in the hangar bay of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex is part of the Essex Amphibious Read... 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
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
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit organize equipment after debarking the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex is completing a three-month patrol in the western Pacific ... More