ESSEX Expeditionary Strike Group [Image 12 of 20]

USS ESSEX (LHD 2), THAILAND

05.08.2008

Courtesy Photo

U.S. Naval Forces Central Command / U.S. 5th Fleet           

USS Essex is currently anchored in the Gulf of Thailand. Essex is the lead ship of the only forward-deployed U.S. Expeditionary Strike Group and serves as the flagship for Combat 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/Seaman Kari R. Bergman)

• Date Taken: 05.08.2008
• Date Posted: 04.27.2012 05:04
• Photo ID: 87439
• VIRIN: 080508-N-0483B-049
• Resolution: 1751x1250
• Size: 353.7 KB
• Location: USS ESSEX (LHD 2), TH