Keywords: US Navy 110321-N-4743B-114 Marines load pallets of supplies on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) du.jpg en PACIFIC OCEAN March 21 2011 Marines load pallets of supplies on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex LHD 2 during a vertical replenishment Essex USS Harpers Ferry LSD 49 and USS Germantown LSD 42 with the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit are currently operating off the coast of Hachinohe in northeastern Japan in support of Operation Tomodachi U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Adam M Bennett/Released 2011-03-21 110321-N-4743B-114 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 98856 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Adam M Bennett PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Essex LHD-2 Operation Tomodachi in March 2011 |