Keywords: US Navy 050406-N-2716P-017 Friends and family await their Sailors and Marines to disembark at the homecoming celebration of the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2).jpg en Sasebo Japan Apr 6 2005 - Friends and family await their Sailors and Marines to disembark at the homecoming celebration of the amphibious assault ship USS Essex LHD 2 on board U S Fleet Activities Sasebo Japan Essex returned from an eight-month deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom OIF the Global War on Terrorism and Operation Unified Assistance the disaster relief effort in Southeast Asia following the Dec 26 2004 tsunami U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Paul J Phelps RELEASED 2005-04-06 050406-N-2716P-017 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 23399 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Paul J Phelps PD-USGov-Military-Navy United States Fleet Activities Sasebo Aboard USS Essex LHD-2 |