Keywords: US Navy 090606-N-9950J-300 Essex Commanding Officer Capt. Brent Canady addresses the graduates.jpg en SASEBO Japan June 6 2009 Essex Commanding Officer Capt Brent Canady addresses the graduates during the 2009 E J King High School graduation ceremony aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex LHD 2 Essex is commanded by Capt Brent Canady and is the lead ship of the only forward-deployed U S Expeditionary Strike Group and serves as the flagship for CTF 76 the Navy's only forward-deployed amphibious force commander Task Force 76 is headquartered at White Beach Naval Facility Okinawa Japan with a detachment in Sasebo Japan U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Greg Johnson/Released 2009-06-06 090606-N-9950J-300 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 72457 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Greg Johnson PD-USGov-Military-Navy Sasebo Nagasaki Aboard USS Essex LHD-2 |