Seaman Melinda E. Darrell plays with a Korean child from the Jong Duk Won orphanage as part of a community service project sponsored by the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2).

BUSAN, Republic of Korea (Apr. 06, 2007) Seaman Melinda E. Darrell plays with a Korean child from the Jong Duk Won orphanage as part of a community service project sponsored by the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2). Sailors assigned to the Essex, about 30 in all, planted nearly a dozen trees and did a general clean up of the grounds. Essex is making the scheduled port visit to Busan after the completion of the joint/combined U.S.-ROK exercise Foal Eagle 2007. U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Adam R. Cole File# 070406-N-4124C-058