USS Essex action [Image 2 of 6]

USS ESSEX, AT SEA

03.29.2011

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Casey Kyhl 

U.S. Navy           

Marines load humanitarian assistance supplies into a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex, with the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operating off the coast of Kesennuma in northeastern Japan to support Operation Tomodachi.

• Date Taken: 03.29.2011
• Date Posted: 03.29.2011 19:59
• Photo ID: 383789
• VIRIN: 110329-N-5538K-180
• Resolution: 2100x1500
• Size: 481.23 KB
• Location: USS ESSEX, AT SEA