Courtesy Photo | U.S. Navy | 11.11.2007
A Japanese landing craft air cushion prepares to enter the well deck of dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) during ANNUAL-EX, a well deck exercise with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force in the vicinity of Sasebo, Japan. Tortuga serves under Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7/Task Force 76, the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed amphibious force....
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Navy | 11.11.2007
A Japanese landing craft air cushion prepares to enter the well deck of dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) during ANNUAL-EX, a well deck exercise with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force in the vicinity of Sasebo, Japan. Tortuga serves under Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7/Task Force 76, the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed amphibious force....
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Navy | 10.12.2007
A landing craft utility prepares to enter the well deck of dock landing ship USS Tortuga while transiting equipment. Tortuga serves under Commander Expeditionary Strike Group 7/Task Force 76, the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed amphibious force. ESG 7/Task Force 76 is headquartered at White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan, with an operating detachment in Sasebo, Japan. ...
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Navy | 10.12.2007
A landing craft utility prepares to enter the well deck of dock landing ship USS Tortuga while transiting equipment. Tortuga serves under Commander Expeditionary Strike Group 7/Task Force 76, the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed amphibious force. ESG 7/Task Force 76 is headquartered at White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan, with an operating detachment in Sasebo, Japan. ...
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Navy | 10.12.2007
A landing craft utility prepares to enter the well deck of dock landing ship USS Tortuga while transiting equipment. Tortuga serves under Commander Expeditionary Strike Group 7/Task Force 76, the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed amphibious force. ESG 7/Task Force 76 is headquartered at White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan, with an operating detachment in Sasebo, Japan....
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Navy | 08.23.2007
An MH-60S Seahawk prepares to land on the flight deck aboard dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) while conducting flight operations in preparations for the ship's fall patrol. Tortuga is serving under Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7/Task Force 76, the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed amphibious force. ESG 7/Task Force 76 is headquartered at White Beach Naval Facility,......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Navy | 08.23.2007
An MH-60S Seahawk prepares to land on the flight deck aboard USS Tortuga (LSD 46) while conducting flight operations in preparations for the ship's fall patrol. Tortuga is a dock landing ship serving under Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7/Task Force 76, the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed amphibious force. ESG 7/Task Force 76 is headquartered at White Beach Naval Facility,......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Navy | 06.28.2007
Members assigned to the flight deck aboard USS Tortuga (LSD 46), transit supplies while underway in support Talisman Saber 07 (TS 07), June 28. TS07 is a U.S.-Australian joint and combined exercise, involving 32,000 military members from both nations, which will feature crisis action planning and execution of contingency response operations in land, sea and air maneuvers....
