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US Navy 090421-N-0120A-206 The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), center, steams in formation.jpg
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SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 21, 2009) The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), center, steams in formation with, from right rear, the dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46), the Armed Forces of the Philippines Navy destroyer escort BRP Rajah Humabon (PF 11), the Armed Forces of the Philippines Navy patrol boat BRP Leopoldo Regis (PG-847), the Armed Forces of the Philippines Navy patrol boat BRP Artemio Ricarte (PS 37) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines Navy logistics support vessel BRP Dagupan City (LC 551) during exercise Balikatan 2009. Leopoldo Regis 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 2nd Class Mark R. Alvarez/Released)
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