Keywords: US Navy 080919-N-9950J-151 ailors assigned to the forward-deployed USS Essex prepare the close-in weapons system before an ammo upload.jpg en SASEBO Japan Sept 19 2008 Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed USS Essex prepare the close-in weapons system before an ammo upload on the fantail of Essex after the ship departed Sasebo Japan for the start of fall patrol 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 U S Navy photograph by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Greg Johnson/Released 2008-09-19 080919-N-9950J-151 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 64253 U S Navy photograph by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Greg Johnson PD-USGov-Military-Navy Maintenance of Phalanx CIWS Aboard USS Essex LHD-2 |