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U.S. Navy Seaman Lee Brown, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), uses a sound powered phone to make reports to the bridge from the starboard aft lookout position during an expeditionary strike force training exercise while underway in the Pacific Ocean on March 16, 2008. The Essex Expeditionary Strike Group is participating in the exercise with the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group.

Seaman Lee Brown uses a sound powered phone to make reports.

U.S. Navy Seaman Lee Brown, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), uses a sound powered phone to make reports to the bridge from the starboard aft lookout position during an expeditionary strike force training exercise while underway in the Pacific Ocean on March 16, 2008. The Essex Expeditionary Strike Group is participating in the exercise with the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group.

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