Keywords: US Navy 110414-N-RU841-019 Quartermaster 1st Class Raymond Steele mans the rails aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD.jpg en SASEBO Japan April 14 2011 Quartermaster 1st Class Raymond Steele mans the rails aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex LHD 2 as the ship pulls into Fleet Activities Sasebo Essex is returning to Sasebo after completing a three-month patrol of the western Pacific Ocean which included disaster relief operations in Japan U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mark R Alvarez/Released 2011-04-14 110414-N-RU841-019 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 99945 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mark R Alvarez PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Essex LHD-2 Naval signalling lamps Reflections in the United States |