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Aviation personnel perform maintenance on the engines of an AV-8B Harrier on board amphibious assault ship USS Essex in the Pacific Ocean, Feb. 26, 2007. Essex is the Navy's only forward deployed multi-purpose amphibious assault ship and is the flagship for the Essex Amphibious Readiness Group operating from Sasebo, Japan.

ONBOARD THE ESSEX

Aviation personnel perform maintenance on the engines of an AV-8B Harrier on board amphibious assault ship USS Essex in the Pacific Ocean, Feb. 26, 2007. Essex is the Navy's only forward deployed multi-purpose amphibious assault ship and is the flagship for the Essex Amphibious Readiness Group operating from Sasebo, Japan.

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