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  NavyDads Co-Admin, Gary November 4, 2015 at 3:38pm

  INDIAN OCEAN (Nov. 1, 2015) Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Sean Repp performs maintenance on a 25mm machine gun aboard Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47). Rushmore is part of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (15th MEU), is currently operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Chelsea Troy Milburn/Released)
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  NavyDads Co-Admin, Gary October 9, 2015 at 5:56pm

  ARABIAN SEA (Oct. 9, 2015) Boatswain's Mate Seaman Recruit Clinton Harris stands as helmsman under instruction with Seaman Jimmanice Frost in the pilot house of Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47). Rushmore is part of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (15th MEU), is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Chelsea Troy Milburn/Released)
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  NavyDads Co-Admin, Gary September 21, 2015 at 11:58am

  ARABIAN GULF (Sep. 5, 2015) Sailors chock and chain an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, from the “Blackjacks” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 21, on the flight deck of Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47). Rushmore is part of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and, with the embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Chelsea Troy Milburn/Released)
  
  
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  NavyDads Co-Admin, Gary August 22, 2015 at 12:01am

  More from deck landing qualifications! Shout out to Deck Department for all the work put in over the past few days..
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  NavyDads Co-Admin, Gary August 12, 2015 at 5:33pm

  Good evening Rushmore fans! (Good morning for us)
  Just a friendly reminder addressing recent questions about operational security.
  
  Please don't post about your Sailor's or Marine's plans in port, Rushmore's departure/arrival dates, or potential future port visits. Help us keep them safe. As always, thank you so much for your support!
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  NavyDads Co-Admin, Gary August 8, 2015 at 3:11pm

  Gunner's Mate Ian Hesse of Beachmaster Unit (BMU) 1 listens for range commands during a live fire exercise on the flight deck with Marines of Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment.
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  NavyDads Co-Admin, Gary July 11, 2015 at 11:18am

  July 2, 2015 - Seaman Yang and LCpl. Taylor putting in work during an underway replenishment..
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  NavyDads Co-Admin, Gary June 19, 2015 at 7:28am

  INDIAN OCEAN (June 17, 2015) An MV-22 Osprey takes off from the flight deck of Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47). The Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) is currently operating in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Chelsea Troy Milburn/Released)
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  NavyDads Co-Admin, Gary June 14, 2015 at 1:49pm

  
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  NavyDads Co-Admin, Gary June 11, 2015 at 8:25am

  A Helping Hand
  
  U.S. Marine Cpl. Jennifer Ko gives an apple to a distressed mariner aboard the USS Rushmore (LSD 47), after she was rescued from a sinking craft in the Makassar Strait, June 11, 2015. Ko is a supply warehouse clerk with Combat Logistics Battalion 15, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. Once on board, distressed mariners were provided food and medical attention by Marines and Sailors of the 15th MEU and Essex Amphibious Ready Group before being transferred to an Indonesian coast guard vessel. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Emmanuel Ramos/Released)