Keywords: US Navy 090606-N-4010S-147 Graduating students from E. J. Kings High School Class of 2009 celebrate their graduation onboard.jpg en SASEBO Japan June 6 2009 Graduating students from E J Kings High School Class of 2009 celebrate their graduation onboard the forward deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex LHD 2 June 6 2009 Essex is commanded by Capt Brent Canady and the lead ship of the only forward-deployed U S Amphibious Ready 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 photograph by Chief Mass Communication Specialist SW/AW Ty Swartz/Released 2009-06-06 090606-N-4010S-147 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 72451 U S Navy photo PD-USGov-Military-Navy Sasebo Nagasaki Aboard USS Essex LHD-2 |