Keywords: US Navy 040702-N-2613R-011 Operations Specialist 1st Class Robert G. Swigart, of Fountain Valley, Calif., plots the position of the amphibious assault ship USS Belleau Wood LHA 3.jpg en Arabian Gulf July 2 2004 Operations Specialist 1st Class Robert G Swigart of Fountain Valley Calif plots the position of the amphibious assault ship USS Belleau Wood LHA 3 in the Combat Information Center CIC The Belleau Wood Expeditionary Strike Group Three ESG-3 is comprised of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver LPD 9 amphibious dock landing ship USS Comstock LSD 45 guided missile destroyers USS Hopper DDG 70 and USS Preble DDG 88 guided missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay CG 53 and fast-attack submarine USS Charlotte SSN 766 and elements of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit MEU special operations capable SOC ESG forces provide a national defense asset capable of conducting sustained combat operations and humanitarian assistance from sea or shore ESG-3 is currently deployed in support of the global war on terrorism U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 2nd Class Erich J Ryland RELEASED 2004-07-02 040702-N-2613R-011 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 15854 U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 2nd Class Erich J Ryland PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Belleau Wood LHA-3 Operations Specialist United States Navy |