DescriptionUS Navy 090421-N-5538K-041 Sailors prepare a 25mm crew-served weapon before a live-fire exercise aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2).jpg
English: SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 21, 2009) Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Edward P. Oyola, from Jamaica, N.Y., and Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Anthony A. Jenkins, from Independence, Mo., prepare a 25mm crew-served weapon before a live-fire exercise aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2). Essex is participating in Balikatan 2009, an annual combined, joint-bilateral exercise involving U.S. and Armed Forces of the Philippines personnel, as well as subject matter experts from Philippine civil defense agencies. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Casey H. Kyhl/Released)
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090421-N-5538K-041 SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 21, 2009) Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Edward P. Oyola of Jamaica, N.Y. and Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Anthony A. Jenkins of Independence, Mo. prepare a 25mm machine gun before a live-fire exercise on the fantail of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2). Essex has been invited by the Republic of the Philippines to participate in BK09, which is an annual combined, joint-bilateral exercise involving U.S. and Armed Forces of the Philippines personnel, as well as subject matter experts from Philippine civil defense agencies. BK09 is the 25th in the series of these exercises, directed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff and requested by the government of the Republic of the Philippines.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 Seaman Casey H. Kyhl/Released)