Sailors lower a rigid hull inflatable boat to be used as a ready lifeboat during a visit, board, search and seizure training exercise aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46).

PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 16, 2009) Sailors lower a rigid hull inflatable boat to be used as a ready lifeboat during a visit, board, search and seizure training exercise aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46). Tortuga is part of the Essex Expeditionary Strike Group participating in Annual Exercise (ANNUALEX 21G), a bilateral exercise conducted by the U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Geronimo Aquino) File# 091116-N-6692A-013