Keywords: US Navy 081022-N-9520G-007 takes aim on a contact posing as a threat with a .50 cal. machine gun.jpg en SOUTH CHINA SEA Oct 22 2008 Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Christian Guthrie from Las Vegas assigned to the forward deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex LHD 2 takes aim on a contact posing as a threat with a 50 cal machine gun during a mock small boat attack 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 photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nardelito Gervacio/Released 2008-10-22 081022-N-9520G-007 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 65651 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nardelito Gervacio PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Essex LHD-2 |