Keywords: US Navy 071024-N-6710M-004 Operations Specialist Seaman Whitney R. Hudson tracks contacts using the status board in Pilothouse aboard the dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46).jpg en SOUTH CHINA SEA Oct 24 - Operations Specialist Seaman Whitney R Hudson tracks contacts using the status board in Pilothouse aboard the dock landing ship USS Tortuga LSD 46 Tortuga and the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit MEU have been in the Philippines participating in bilateral exercises Exercise Talon Vision and Amphibious Landing Exercise PHIBLEX 08 with the armed forces of the Philippines Tortuga is serving under Commander Expeditionary Strike Group 7/Task Force 76 the Navy's only forward-deployed amphibious force ESG 7/Task Force 76 is headquartered at White Beach Naval Facility Okinawa Japan with an operating detachment in Sasebo Japan U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Brandon Myrick RELEASED 071024-N-6710M-004 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 52098 U S Navy photo PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Tortuga LSD-46 Operations Specialist United States Navy Transparent writing boards 2008 photographs Women in the United States Navy Women writing Notes |