Culinary specialist Petty Officer 1st Class (SW/AW) Rosco Cohen, assigned to Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON) 11 embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), plays soccer with the students from the Chamka Kaosu school during a community relations project. Essex and the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit are in Sihanoukville for a scheduled port visit that gives Sailors and Marines the opportunity to participate in friendship-building community relations events, medical and dental projects and professional exchanges. Essex is the lead ship of the only forward-deployed U.S. Expeditionary Strike Group and serves as the flagship for Combined Task Force 76, the Navy's only forward-deployed amphibious force commander. TF 76 is headquartered at White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan, with a detachment in Sasebo, Japan.
Date Taken: | 11.29.2007 |
Date Posted: | 12.12.2007 17:24 |
Photo ID: | 68567 |
VIRIN: | 071129-N-1242B-194 |
Resolution: | 2464x1632 |
Size: | 1021.18 KB |
Location: | SIHANOUKVILLE, KH |
Web Views: | 76 |
Downloads: | 6 |
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