16 July 2009
USS Essex Amphibious Ready Group
The Essex Amphibious Ready Group is participating in force integrated training in preparation for Exercise Talisman Saber 2009.
A sea and anchor detail releases an anchor from the forecastle of amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver, prior to a training exercise.
(Date taken: 07 July 2009)
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Amphibious assault vehicles prepare to enter the welldeck of amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga after disembarking amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver.
(Date taken: 07 July 2009)
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Amphibious Assault vehicles exit the well deck of amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver, during a Talisman Saber 2009 training exercise.
(Date taken: 07 July 2009)
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Sailors aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga launch Landing Craft Utility 1634 during training exercises.
(Date taken: 07 July 2009)
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Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS McCampbell (right) and Royal Australian Navy Adelaide-class guided missile frigate HMAS Newcastle (left) take on fuel from the Military Sealift Command dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Amelia Earhart during a replenishment at sea.
(Date taken: 08 July 2009)
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Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit direct an amphibious assault vehicle to the well deck of the forward-deployed amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver.
(Date taken: 08 July 2009)
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US and Royal Australian Navy lighter amphibious resupply cargo vessels prepare to conduct launch and recovery training exercises aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga.
(Date taken: 08 July 2009)
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Aviation Boatswain's Mate Handling 3rd Class Kevin Bourne trains Aviation Support Equipment Technician 2nd Class Dean McRae to recover a CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter onto the flight deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver.
(Date taken: 08 July 2009)
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Sailors assigned to Assault Craft Unit One Detachment Western Pacific guide a lighter amphibious re-supply cargo vehicle into the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2).
(Date taken: 08 July 2009)
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The five-inch gun aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Mustin fires during a pre-aim calibration fire in the Pacific Ocean, prior to taking part in Talisman Saber 09.
(Date taken: 09 July 2009)
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Royal Australian Navy Midshipman Mark Esposito fires the .50 caliber machine gun aboard the US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin, during a gunnery exercise in the Pacific Ocean.
(Date taken: 09 July 2009)
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Members of the Australian Defence Force depart an Royal Australian Navy Sea King helicopter aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver.
(Date taken: 09 July 2009)
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A CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter lifts off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Essex.
(Date taken: 09 July 2009)
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Australian replenishment tanker HMAS Success comes alongside the forward-deployed amphibious transport dock USS Denver in preparation for an underway replenishment.
(Date taken: 10 July 2009)
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Sailors exercise during routine physical fitness training aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga.
(Date taken: 10 July 2009)
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US Navy amphibious assault ship USS Essex transits the Coral Sea.
(Date taken: 10 July 2009)
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Amphibious assault ship USS Essex is underway during force integrated training in preparation for exercise Talisman Saber 2009.
(Date taken: 10 July 2009)
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Sailors assigned to amphibious assault ship USS Essex move a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter on the ship's flight deck.
(Date taken: 10 July 2009)
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Rig captain Chief Boatswain's Mate Johan Zorilla, right, and rig captain, Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Emanuel Walker, both assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), inspect the alignment of a fuel probe from Royal Australian Navy ship HMAS Success, during a replenishment at sea.
(Date taken: 11 July 2009)
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Amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (background) conducts an underway replenishment with the Royal Australian Navy auxiliary oiler, HMAS Success, during exercise Talisman Saber 2009.
(Date taken: 11 July 2009)
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Commander Michael Picio (far left) talks with a group of Australian Navy, officers aboard amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), during an underway replenishment with Australian tanker HMAS Success.
(Date taken: 11 July 2009)
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Aviation Boatswain's Mate (handling) Airman Daniel Tesauro directs a cargo drop-off during a vertical replenishment with the Lewis & Clark-class dry cargo ship, USNS Amelia Earhart, aboard amphibious assault ship USS Essex.
(Date taken: 12 July 2009)
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An AS322 Super Puma drops cargo off aboard amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), during a vertical replenishment with the Lewis & Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Amelia Earhart.
(Date taken: 12 July 2009)
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Sailors and Marines work hand-in-hand to pass supplies for storage during vertical replenishment aboard the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46).
(Date taken: 12 July 2009)
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Dock landing ship USS Tortuga prepares to receive supplies from Military Sealift Command dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Amelia Earhart, during a vertical replenishment operation.
(Date taken: 12 July 2009)
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Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Michael Umayam, from McLean, Virginia, passes a message back to the next sailor in his hose team, during fire fighting training aboard the US Navy guided missile destroyer USS Mustin.
(Date taken: 13 July 2009)
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The amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga launches Landing Craft Utility 1634 during military exercise Talisman Saber 2009.
(Date taken: 13 July 2009)
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Guided missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85) fires its MK 45 five-inch gun during a naval surface fire support exercise at a training area off the coast of Australia.
