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Search and rescue swimmer Yeoman Seaman Brandon Javellana, assigned to...
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U.S. Marine Cpl. Andrew C. Alexander, right, assigned to the Flying Ti...
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A villager hands over a mooring line to Engineman 2nd Class Jeremy Coo...
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Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV), the Honorable Donald C. Winter is gree...
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An landing craft air cushion approaches Hat Yao Beach.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Oct. 08, 2017) Cmdr. Jeffrey Plummer, command chaplain assigned to the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), delivers a sermon at Old First Presbyterian Church during Fleet Week S... More
Chief Aviation Boatswains Mate Jesse Gunderson transports an F-35B Lig...
PACIFIC OCEAN (May. 31, 2018) Chief Aviation Boatswains Mate Jesse Gunderson transports an F-35B Lightning II attached to the "Avengers" of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211 using a P-25 tractor aboard ... More