Keywords: US Navy 061021-N-4207M-020 Repair Locker Five's pipe patching team trains on how to apply a banding patch on a ruptured pipe during a general quarter's drill aboard USS Essex (LHD 2).jpg en Pacific Ocean Oct 21 2006 - Repair Locker Five's pipe patching team trains on how to apply a banding patch on a ruptured pipe during a general quarter's drill aboard USS Essex LHD 2 Essex and the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit MEU are currently on the fall patrol in the Philippines participating in the annual bilateral exercises Exercise Talon Vision TV 07 and Amphibious Landing Exercise PHIBLEX 07 with the Armed Forces of the Philippines AFR Essex is the Navy's only forward-deployed amphibious assault ship and is the flagship for the Essex Amphibious Ready Group based in Sasebo Japan U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Jhoan M Montolio RELEASED 2006-10-21 061021-N-4207M-020 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 40148 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Jhoan M Montolio PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Essex LHD-2 |