USS Essex LHD-2 patch S3 In training today

In training today

Nicknamed the "Beast of the East" for her East Coast assignment

providing security for the ship and its crew

lead ship of her class and a veteran of some of the bloodiest amphibious operations of World War II

operates the MV-22B Osprey

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