Keywords: ESSEX Expeditionary Strike Group DVIDS87518.jpg en Hull Technician Fireman Christopher Fabbri assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex LHD 2 modifies a deep-sink to be used as a manifold for filling water bottles Essex is the lead ship of the only forward-deployed U S Expeditionary Strike Group and serves as the flagship for Combined Task Force 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 photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Gabriel S Weber 2008-05-08 Seaman Gabriel Weber https //www dvidshub net/image/87518 080509-N-+++++-001 2008-05-09 10 40 USS ESSEX LHD 2 TH PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Essex LHD-2 Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |