ESSEX Expeditionary Strike Group [Image 14 of 20]

USS ESSEX (LHD 2), THAILAND

05.08.2008

Photo by Seaman Gabriel Weber 

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

Hull Technician Fireman Christopher Fabbri, assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), modifies a deep-sink to be used as a manifold for filling water bottles. 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. Task Force 76 is headquartered at White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan, with a detachment in Sasebo, Japan. (U.S. Navy photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Gabriel S. Weber)

• Date Taken: 05.08.2008
• Date Posted: 04.28.2012 02:33
• Photo ID: 87518
• VIRIN: 080509-N-5253W-001
• Resolution: 2000x3008
• Size: 3.07 MB
• Location: USS ESSEX (LHD 2), TH