Electronics technician Petty Officer 3rd Class Rosemary Colbert and Lt. j.g. Constancia Schlemmer, both assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Essex, draw pictures on the black board of the Hun Sen Krong primary school during a community relations project. Essex and the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit are in Sihanoukville for a scheduled port visit that gives Sailors and Marines the opportunity to participate in friendship-building community relations events, medical and dental projects and professional exchanges. Essex is the lead ship of the only forward-deployed U.S. Expeditionary Strike Group and serves as the flagship for Combined Task Force 76, the Navy's only forward-deployed amphibious force commander. TF 76 is headquartered at White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan, with a detachment in Sasebo, Japan.
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