Keywords: US Navy 050406-N-2970T-029 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 Airman Marvin E Thompson Jr RELEASED 2005-04-06 050406-N-2970T-029 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 23400 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Marvin E Thompson Jr PD-USGov-Military-Navy United States Fleet Activities Sasebo Aboard USS Essex LHD-2 |