Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit board a CH-53E Sea Stallion helicopter as the Aviation Combat Element disembarks the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex after a successful spring patrol. Essex is in Subic Bay supporting Exercise Balikatan 09 an annual combined, joint-bilateral exercise involving U.S. and Armed Forces of the Philippines personnel, as well as subject matter experts from Philippine civil defense agencies.
| Date Taken: | 05.04.2009 |
| Date Posted: | 05.06.2009 18:23 |
| Photo ID: | 170188 |
| VIRIN: | 090504-N-9950J-056 |
| Resolution: | 3090x2207 |
| Size: | 727.91 KB |
| Location: | USS ESSEX |
| Web Views: | 67 |
| Downloads: | 12 |
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